Rod ‧ gers, Richard /ˈrɒdʒəz $ ˈrɑːdʒərz/ BrE AmE
(1902–79) a US ↑ composer who wrote the music for many ↑ musical s (=films or plays that use singing and dancing to tell a story) with the songwriters Lorenz ↑ hart and Oscar ↑ Hammerstein . The musicals that Rodgers and Hart wrote together include Babes in Arms and Pal Joey , and those that Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote together include Oklahoma! , The King and I , South Pacific , and The Sound of Music .