Morris Isaac "Moose" Charlap (né Charlip; December 19, 1928 – July 8, 1974) was an American Broadway composer best known for Peter Pan (1954), for which Carolyn Leigh wrote the lyrics.
[2] It evolved into a full musical, with additional songs by Jule Styne and Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Charlap was also the composer for the 1969 television movie musical Hans Brinker, which had lyrics by Alvin Cooperman and starred Eleanor Parker (her singing voice was her own), Richard Basehart, John Gregson, Robin Askwith, Roberta Tovey, Sheila Whitmill, and Cyril Ritchard.
Born Morris Isaac Charlip to a Jewish family in Philadelphia,[4] he married singer Sandy Stewart, whose biggest hit was "My Coloring Book" in 1962.
[6] Charlap, who lived with his wife and children on Manhattan's East Side, died at Lenox Hill Hospital in 1974 at the age of 45.