Frederick Loewe (/loʊ/ LOH;[1] born Friedrich "Fritz" Löwe,[2] German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç fʁɪts ˈløːvə]; June 10, 1901 – February 14, 1988[3]) was an American composer.

He eventually attended the Stern Conservatory in Berlin,[5] one year behind virtuoso Claudio Arrau, and studied with Ferruccio Busoni and Eugene d'Albert.

[6] He eventually found work playing piano in German clubs in Yorkville and in movie theaters as the accompanist for silent films.

Their first collaboration was a musical adaptation of Barry Connor's farce The Patsy, called Life of the Party, for a Detroit stock company.

[10] Their first hit was Brigadoon, a romantic fantasy set in a mystical Scottish village, directed by Robert Lewis with choreography by Agnes de Mille.

Their adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, with the leads, Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, being played originally by Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, was a huge hit on Broadway and in London.

[9] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer took notice and commissioned them to write the film musical Gigi (1958), which won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

[16][9] In 1974, they collaborated on a musical film version of The Little Prince, based on the classic children's tale by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.