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Hamilton narrates Alexander Hamilton's life in two acts, and details among other things his involvement in the American Revolutionary War as an aide-de-camp to George Washington, his marriage to Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, his career as a lawyer and Secretary of the Treasury, and his interactions with Aaron Burr (the main narrator for most of the ...
James Alexander Hamilton (music writer) (1785–1845), English compiler of musical instruction books James G. C. Hamilton , American sculptor James Hamilton (DJ and journalist) (1942–1996), British DJ and journalist for Record Mirror and Music Week
The son of a dealer in old books, Hamilton was born in London. He taught himself from books in his father's shop, acquiring a knowledge of languages and music. He translated major works in foreign languages, as well as compiling instructional and music theory books. [1] Hamilton sold his copyrights, drank, and died in poverty on 2 August 1845. [2]
This made Hamilton the highest charting cast album since Hair in 1969. This peak also came on the album's 250th consecutive week on the Billboard 200. [5] The album was the highest-selling Broadway cast album of 2015 and peaked at number one on the Top Rap Albums chart, the first cast album to ever do so. [2]
"But that music is a language by whose means messages are elaborated, that such messages can be understood by the many but sent out only by the few, and that it alone among all language unites the contradictory character of being at once intelligible and untranslatable—these facts make the creator of music a being like the gods and make music itself the supreme mystery of human knowledge."
In mid-1953, Hamilton was discovered singing in a Newark, New Jersey night club, The Caravan, by Bill Cook, who became his manager. [8] Cook was the first African American radio disc jockey and television personality on the East Coast. [9] Cook made a demo tape of Hamilton's singing and brought it to the attention of Columbia Records.
Edith Hamilton, the eldest child of American parents Gertrude Pond (1840–1917) and Montgomery Hamilton (1843–1909), was born on August 12, 1867, in Dresden, Germany. Shortly after her birth, the Hamilton family returned to the United States and made their home in Fort Wayne, Indiana , where Edith's grandfather, Allen Hamilton , had settled ...
Lin-Manuel Miranda (/ m æ n ˈ w ɛ l /; born January 16, 1980) [1] is an American songwriter, actor, singer, filmmaker, rapper, and librettist.He created the Broadway musicals In the Heights (2005) and Hamilton (2015), and the soundtracks for the animated films Moana (2016), Vivo, and Encanto (both 2021).