Galt MacDermot

Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre

Arthur Terence Galt MacDermot (December 18, 1928 – December 17, 2018) was a Canadian-American composer, pianist and writer of musical theater. He won a Grammy Award for the song "African Waltz" in 1961. His most successful musicals were Hair (1967; its Broadway cast album also won a Grammy) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971). MacDermot also composed film soundtracks, jazz and funk albums, and Western classical music. His music has been sampled in numerous hip-hop songs and albums. He is best known for his work on Hair, which produced three number-one singles in 1969: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", "Good Morning Starshine", and the title song "Hair".

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • 3500
  • 3‐5‐0‐0
  • Abie Baby
  • African Waltz
  • Ain’t Got No
  • Ain’t Got No (reprise)
  • Ain’t Got No, I Got Life
  • Air
  • Aquarius
  • Aquarius (Xuxa Park)
  • Avaruuteen
  • Bass
  • Bathtub
  • Be-In 'Hare Krishna'
  • Bergab
  • Black Boys
  • Cathedral
  • Colored Spade
  • Dead End
  • Der Wasserhahn
  • Die letzten Sterne
  • Donna
  • Don’t Put It Down
  • Easy to Be Hard
  • Ei mitään
  • Electric Blues
  • Exanaplanetooch
  • Eyes Look Your Last
  • Finale
  • Fragments 1a
  • Fragments 1b
  • Fragments II
  • Frank Mills
  • Freakout
  • Going Down
  • Good Morning Starshine
  • Haar
  • Hair
  • Hair: Frank Mills
  • Hare Krishna
  • Hashish
  • Hat’s der Mensch nicht weit gebracht?
  • Hei tähdet taivaan
  • Hello There
  • Hij die tevreden is
  • Hippie Life
  • Hiukset
  • I Believe in Love
  • I Dig
  • I Got Life
  • Ich bin ein Farbiger
  • Ich bin reich
  • Ich hab kein…
  • Ihme onhan ihminen
  • Ilma
  • Initials
  • I’m Black
  • I’m Hung
  • Kuinka olla voi niin julmaa?
  • Laissons entrer le soleil
  • Let the Sunshine In
  • Luft
  • Manchester
  • Manchester, England
  • Manhattan Beggar
  • Merry-Go-Round
  • Mess o’ Dirt
  • Moving Clothes
  • Mr. Berger
  • My Conviction
  • Niin paljon meitä petettiin / Kulje valoon, kulje aurinkoon
  • Oh Great God of Power
  • On to A‐pot‐o‐max
  • One More Time
  • One Thousand Year‐Old Man (There’s a New World A’ Comin)
  • Oon musta
  • Oui, j’ai la vie
  • Princess Gika
  • Radio Rock
  • Ripped Open by Metal Explosions
  • Rot, blau und weiß
  • Schweben im Raum
  • Sentimental Ending
  • Sheila Franklin
  • Slummit jo jäädä sai
  • So Sing the Children of the Avenue
  • Sodomy
  • Somebody to Love
  • Tango
  • The Bed
  • The Climax
  • The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)
  • The Hair Anthology Suite
  • Three‐Five‐Zero‐Zero
  • Two Gentlemen From Verona: Night Letter
  • Täynnä elämää
  • Uskon rakkauteen
  • Värillinen
  • Walking in Space
  • Washing the World
  • Wasserkopf
  • Wassermann
  • What a Piece of Work Is Man
  • When Love Comes Along
  • Where Do I Go?
  • White Boys
  • Wo geh’ Ich hin?
  • Woman Is Sweeter
  • You Are Standing on My Bed
  • Ça tourne rond
  • אוויר
  • אין בליבי ספק
  • אין לי כלום
  • אנה אפנה?
  • אני שחור
  • דונה
  • האדם יצור מופלא
  • הליכה בחלל
  • הרה קרישנה
  • יש לי חיים
  • כוכב בן שחר
  • כמה קל ללעוג
  • לבן זה גבר
  • מזל דלי
  • מנצ'סטר בריטניה
  • משכב זכר
  • פרנק מילס
  • קוף שחור
  • שחור זה גבר
  • שיער
  • תנו לשמש יד
  • תשע אפס אפס
  • „Nein“ sagt sich so leicht