When did Jerry Bock die?
3 November 2010
Jerry Bock/Date of death
How old is Sheldon Harnick?
97 years (30 April 1924)
Sheldon Harnick/Age
Why is it called the Fiddler on the Roof?
Fiddler on the Roof was almost called The Old Country and Where Papa Came From. Both titles were rejected and the musical’s current title as we know it is believed to have been derived from a 1912-1913 oil painting by French-Russian painter, Marc Chagall.
Who wrote music for Fiddler?
Jerry Bock
Fiddler on the Roof/Composers
Is Jerry Bock alive?
Deceased (1928–2010)
Jerry Bock/Living or Deceased
Did John Williams do Fiddler on the Roof?
Originally released as a double-LP set and now on one CD, the gold-selling soundtrack album for the screen adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, which became the top-grossing film of 1971, stretched out Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s song score with musical adaptations by conductor John …
How old is Fiddler on the Roof?
Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters (or Tevye the Dairyman) and other tales by Sholem Aleichem.
What years did Bock and Harnick develop musicals?
Around 1956, Harnick met Jerry Bock, forming “what is arguably the most important musical partnership of the ’60s.” Their first musical was The Body Beautiful, running for only 60 performances in 1958, but Fiorello! (1959) ran for 795 performances and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Did John Williams write Fiddler on the Roof?
Fiddler on the Roof is a 1971 American epic musical comedy-drama film produced and directed by Norman Jewison, and written by Joseph Stein and Sholem Aleichem….Fiddler on the Roof (film)
| Fiddler on the Roof | |
|---|---|
| Edited by | Antony Gibbs Robert Lawrence |
| Music by | Jerry Bock John Williams (Adaptation) |
| Production company | The Mirisch Production Company |
Who do Tevye’s daughters marry?
Lazar Wolf
Tzeitel: Tevye and Golde’s eldest daughter, Tzeitel is about twenty years old and in love with Motel, whom she eventually marries instead of Lazar Wolf.
Who married motels?
Tzeitel
Chava, their daughter, about fifteen. A shy book lover, who falls in love with Fyedka. Motel Kamzoil, a poor but hardworking tailor who loves, and later marries, Tzeitel.
What song samples If I were a rich man?
In 1991, it was sampled on Massive Attack’s song Daydreaming, from their debut album Blue Lines. In 1993, it was interpolated for the song “Rich Girl” by Louchie Lou & Michie One. This version would later be remade in 2004 by Gwen Stefani and Eve under the same name for Stefani’s debut solo album Love. Angel.
What movie is if I were a rich man from?
Fiddler on the Roof
If I Were a Rich Man/Movie
The rousing performance by Topol (as Russian-Jewish milkman “Tevye”) of “If I Were A Rich Man,” by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, alone in a barn, from Norman Jewison’s Fiddler On The Roof, 1971.