# Les Misérables, 1980 Paris, 1985 London, 1987 Broadway, m Claude-Michel Schönberg, lb Alain Boublil ( English lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer ) (> 10, 800 in London ( the longest-running musical in history ); 6, 680 on Broadway ) ( 1987 Tony Award winner ; nominated for 12 Tony Awards and won eight )

** Claude-Michel Schonberg ( composer ), Herbert Kretzmer ( lyricist ), Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg ( producers ), & the original Broadway cast for Les Misérables

Kretzmer began his professional career writing documentary films and the commentary for a weekly cinema newsreel.

Kretzmer wrote lyrics for the BBC's satire That Was The Week That Was, including the racial satire " Song of Nostalgia For an American State " and the much-recorded tribute to John F. Kennedy, " In the Summer of His Years ", written and performed by Millicent Martin within hours of his assassination.

Other award-winning Kretzmer lyrics include “ Yesterday When I Was Young ” and the chart-topping “ She ”, both written with and for the French singer Charles Aznavour ..

Kretzmer wrote the lyrics for Anthony Newley ’ s cult musical film Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness, whose score included “ When You Gotta Go ”, often used as a closing song by singers including Barbra Streisand.

Kretzmer later wrote ( with composer Laurie Johnson ) the lyrics for a large-scale comedy spoof, The Four Musketeers, which ran for more than a year at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, starring Harry Secombe as the swordsman d ' Artagnan.

In 1985, Kretzmer ’ s songs for Aznavour came to the attention of producer Cameron Mackintosh, who invited him to write an English version of a French musical Les Misérables ( by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg ).

In 2008 Kretzmer wrote the lyrics for Marguerite from an original text by Alain Boublil, a musical set in Nazi-occupied Paris, to music by Michel Legrand.

Note: The Grammy nominations are credited to the composers and producers and not the artists, the Grammy for Les Miserables was awarded to Claude-Michel Schönberg ( composer and producer ), Herbert Kretzmer ( lyricist ) and Alain Boublil ( producer ).

" The inspiration for both score and lyrics feels more like a retread of the worst excesses of Les Misérables ( a fact amplified here by sharing the English lyricist of that show, Herbert Kretzmer ) and Frank Wildhorn, with the occasional Lloyd Webber rock riff thrown in for good measure ", wrote The Stage, while The Times concluded that " the piece displayed moments of musical power.

The music was composed by Claude-Michel Schönberg, and the lyrics were written by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, with an English-language libretto by Herbert Kretzmer.

Kretzmer wrote the book and lyrics of the West End musical, Our Man Crichton, composed by David Lee and based on J M Barrie ’ s satirical play The Admirable Crichton.

For the edition broadcast on Saturday 23 November 1963, the day after the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy, TW3 produced a shortened 20-minute programme with no satire, reflecting on the loss, including a contribution from Dame Sybil Thorndike and the tribute song " In the Summer of His Years " sung by Martin with lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer.

* 1987: Les Misérables – Book by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer.

The new musical Marguerite is by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, and includes music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer.

Schönberg's next project with Boublil, Marguerite, includes music by Michel Legrand and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer.

" Kinky Boots " is a 1960s song written by Herbert Kretzmer and David Lee, and recorded by Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman, stars of the television series The Avengers.

By mid-2000s, the show has been translated into English by Björn Ulvaeus and the famed Les Misérables English lyricist Herbert Kretzmer.

* Kretzmer, David ( PDF )

* David Kretzmer, Occupation of Justice: The Supreme Court of Israel and the Occupied Territories, State University of New York Press, April, 2002, trade paperback, 262 pages, ISBN 0-7914-5338-3 ; hardcover, July, 2002, ISBN 0-7914-5337-5

Martin commissioned David Lee and Herbert Kretzmer to write the song.

Herbert Kretzmer OBE ( born 5 October 1925 ) is a South African-born English journalist and lyric writer.

After several years as a feature writer on the Daily Sketch, Kretzmer became a profile writer on the Sunday Dispatch and the Daily Express, interviewing John Steinbeck, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Sugar Ray Robinson, Louis Armstrong, Henry Miller, Cary Grant and Duke Ellington.

Kretzmer ’ s lyrics extended the two-hour Paris original into a three-hour show.

For his work on the Les Misérables lyrics, Kretzmer received Tony and Grammy awards.

Kretzmer ’ s most recent musical project is Kristina, based on Vilhelm Moberg ’ s epic suite of novels about Swedish emigrants to Minnesota in the 19th century.

In 1988, Kretzmer was elected a Chevalier of L ’ Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres.

Kretzmer was born in South Africa in 1925.

He is one of four brothers born to Lithuanian-born William and Tilly Kretzmer, who fled the racist pogroms of Czarist Russia to settle in small-town South Africa early in the 20th century.

Kretzmer married Elisabeth Margaret Wilson, and they had one son and one daughter.

On 8 April 2011, Kretzmer received an Honorary Doctorate from Rhodes University in South Africa.

She was also cast in the title role in Marguerite, a new musical from the pens of Michel Legrand, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg.

Butterworth's death on the Somme in 1916 was considered a great loss to English music ; Ivor Gurney, another most important setter of Housman ( Ludlow and Teme, a work for voice and string quartet, and a song-cycle on Housman works, both of which won the Carnegie Award ) experienced emotional breakdowns which were popularly ( but wrongly ) believed to have originated from shell-shock.

During his post-ABBA career Andersson won four Swedish Grammis awards, and together with Ulvaeus received the " Special International " Ivor Novello award from ' The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters ', twice " The Music Export Prize " from the Swedish Ministry of Industry and Trade ( 2008 ), as well as the " Lifetime Achievement " award from the Swedish Music Publishers Association ( SMFF ).

Binge's best known composition is probably Elizabethan Serenade ( 1951 ), which was used by the British Broadcasting Corporation as the theme for the popular 1950s series, " Music Tapestry ," and as the play-out for the British Forces Network radio station, and for which he won an Ivor Novello Award.

" Every Breath You Take " also won the American Video Award for " Best Group video " and nabbed two Ivor Novello Awards for the categories " Best Song Musically and Lyrically " and " Most Performed Work ".

Melbourne's greatest player of these early years of the VFL was Ivor Warne-Smith, who in 1926 won the club's first Brownlow Medal, the League's annual award for the fairest and best player.

Jennings also wrote " Tears in Heaven " with Eric Clapton, which won song of the Year and also won the Ivor Novello award for best song from a film.

In 1957, he won three Ivor Novello Awards, a further four in 1958, and two in 1960.

In addition, he has won two Ivor Novello Awards for song composition and has been nominated for several Golden Globe Awards and three times for Academy Awards for his songwriting for films.

The single " Shining Light " won the " Best Contemporary Song " award at the 2002 Ivor Novello awards.

Brennan recorded 17 albums with Clannad and has won a Grammy, a BAFTA and an Ivor Novello award with the quintet.

Their fourth album, Egyptology ( 1997 ), written following the death of Wallinger's mother, was commercially disastrous, although " She's the One " won an Ivor Novello Award and was subsequently recorded by Robbie Williams.

", whose reissue won an Ivor Novello Award in 2005 for Best Selling UK Single.

In the same year, he and Hill released " Think Twice " by Celine Dion, which went on to become a massive hit and won an Ivor Novello Award for " Best Song Musically and Lyrically ".

Sinfield and Hill had won an Ivor Novello a decade previously, for the Leo Sayer track, " Have You Ever Been in Love ".

Keating also embarked on two world tours, won the Ivor Novello and BMI songwriting awards, released an autobiography, had a role as ambassador for Christian Aid and earnt sales in excess of 22 million albums worldwide.

Franz Ferdinand won an Ivor Novello Award in 2004 and two BRIT Awards in 2005.

Adam and Pirroni won two shared Ivor Novello Award, for " Stand and Deliver ".

" Can't Get You Out of My Head " also won Dennis an Ivor Novello Award as 2001's most performed composition.

She also won an Ivor two years later for " Anything Is Possible ".

They supplemented their win by opening the show with " Take Your Mama " on a set made by The Jim Henson Company and returned in 2007, opening the ceremony with " I Don't Feel Like Dancin '" which later won the Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work.

In May 2009, the band won two prestigious Ivor Novello awards: the song ' One Day Like This ' won the main award for Best Song, and ' Grounds for Divorce ' was voted Best Contemporary Song.

Awards won by the band include the Brit Award, the Ivor Novello award, the Mercury Music Prize the South Bank Show Pop award, the NME award, and the Mojo Magazine Song of the Year 2009.