Ham ‧ mer ‧ stein, Oscar /ˈhæməstaɪn $ -mər-/ BrE AmE
(1895–1960) a US songwriter, who worked for many years with the ↑ composer Richard ↑ Rodgers to produce many famous ↑ musical s (=films or plays that use singing and dancing to tell a story) , such as Oklahoma! , The King and I , South Pacific , and the sound of music