Andrew Lloyd Webber
(born 1948) British composer of music
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born
22 March 1948) is a highly successful
English composer of
musical theatre, and also the elder brother of cellist
Julian Lloyd Webber.Lloyd Webber has enjoyed great popular success, with several musicals that have run for more than a decade both in the
West End and on
Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a
song cycle, a set of
variations, two
film scores, and a Latin
Requiem Mass. He has also gained a number of honours, including a knighthood in 1992 followed by a peerage, three
Tony Awards, three
Grammy Awards, an
Oscar, an
International Emmy, six
Olivier Awards, a
Golden Globe, and the
Kennedy Center Honors in
2006. Several of his songs, notably "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from
Jesus Christ Superstar, "
Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" from
Evita, "
Memory" from
Cats, and "
The Music of the Night" from
The Phantom of the Opera have been widely recorded and were hits outside of their parent musicals. His company, the
Really Useful Group, is one of the largest theatre operators in
London.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
Noun
1. English composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948)
(synonym) Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd Webber of Sydmonton
(hypernym) composer
Andrew Lloyd Webber
n.
Andrew Lloyd Webber, British composer of music
Andrew Lloyd Webber
n.
Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948), British composer of music