Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948 in London, England. ... He was the son of William Lloyd Webber a composer, musician and musical scholar at the Royal College of Music and his wife Jean Hermione Lloyd Webber a singer, violinist and a piano teacher. They married on October 3, 1942, six years before Andrew was born. ... Andrew started to play the violin when he was three years old, and then took piano lessons and lessons on the French horn. ... Andrew also was also interested in inspecting ancient monuments around England. ...
Andrew was schooled at the private Wetherby school and in 1956 he entered school at the prestigious Westminster Underschool. ... After Westminster, in 1964, Andrew won another scholarship to transfer to Oxford University’s Magdalin College, where he stayed only one term. ...
It was during this point that Andrew, then 17, met lyricist Tim Rice 21, and dropped out of Oxford to pursue music with Tim. On April 21, 1965 Andrew got a letter from Tim Rice that said:
Dear Andrew, I’ve been told you’re looking for a “with it” writer of lyrics
for your songs, and as I’ve been writing pop songs for a while and
particularly enjoy writing the lyrics I wonder if you consider it worth your
while meeting me…. ... Tim wanted to write pop songs while Andrew wanted to write another musical. ... Andrew and Tim opened the Bible and found the story about Jacob and his son Joseph. ...
On July 24, 1972 Andrew married 18 year old Sarah Hane Hugill. ...
Andrew and Tim continued to work together and created Jesus Christ Superstar which was a big success. ... Jeeves was not a success so Andrew and Tim tried again with Evita which opened in 1978 in London and 1979 in New York and was a great success. ...
As this time Andrew started to work on a new idea. ... Andrew wrote the music but he needed help with the lyrics so
both Tim Rice and Trevor Nunn, a director, gave him a proposal. ... This musical made Andrew rich and famous. ...
In 1984 Andrew’s marriage to Sara Hugill ended and she and their kids Imogen (6) and Nicholas (3) moved out.
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