Editing Lerner and Loewe (section)

{{short description|20th-century American songwriting team}}
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[[File:Lerner and Loewe (1962 publicity portrait).jpg|thumb|Lerner and Loewe, {{circa}}{{nbsp}}1962]]
'''Lerner and Loewe''' is the partnership between [[lyricist]] and [[Libretto|librettist]] [[Alan Jay Lerner]] and composer [[Frederick Loewe]].<ref name="KennySalem">{{Cite journal |last1=Kenny |first1=Ellen |last2=Salem |first2=James M. |date=December 1968 |title=A Guide to Critical Reviews, Part II: The Musical from Rodgers-and-Hart to Lerner-and-Loewe |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/894002 |journal=Notes |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=245 |doi=10.2307/894002|jstor=894002 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> Spanning three decades and nine [[musical theatre|musicals]] from 1942 to 1960 and again from 1970 to 1972, the pair are known for being behind the creation of critical on stage successes such as ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', ''[[Brigadoon]]'', and ''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]'' along with the musical film ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]''.<ref name =LernerLahr />