Tea for Two was created by collaboration between which two individuals?

Tea for Two was created by collaboration between which two individuals?

• A. Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar
• B. Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
• C. George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
• D. Cole Porter and Lorenz Hart

Answer: (A)

Tea for Two comes from the 1925 musical No, No, Nanette, and it was written by Vincent Youmans (music) with lyrics by Irving Caesar. Youmans shaped the playful, airy melody, and Caesar’s witty, lighthearted words gave the song its charm, helping it endure as a popular standard beyond the show. The other pairs are famous collaborators in different works, but they did not create this song: Kern and Hammerstein wrote other Broadway productions like Show Boat; the Gershwin brothers produced many songs together, but Tea for Two isn’t theirs; and Porter and Hart did not team up on this piece.

Tea for Two comes from the 1925 musical No, No, Nanette, and it was written by Vincent Youmans (music) with lyrics by Irving Caesar. Youmans shaped the playful, airy melody, and Caesar’s witty, lighthearted words gave the song its charm, helping it endure as a popular standard beyond the show. The other pairs are famous collaborators in different works, but they did not create this song: Kern and Hammerstein wrote other Broadway productions like Show Boat; the Gershwin brothers produced many songs together, but Tea for Two isn’t theirs; and Porter and Hart did not team up on this piece.