Jerry Bock - Fiddler on the Roof (Songbook): Vocal Selections

BOCK , Jerry (Jerrold Lewis), composer; born New Haven, November 23, 1928; s. George Joseph and Rebecca (Alpert) B.; m. Patricia Faggen, May 28, 1950; children: George Albert, Portia Fane. Student, University of Wisconsin (19451949), L.H.D. (hon.), 1985. Writer: score for high school musical, My Dream , 1943; score for college musical, Big as Life , 1948; songs for TV show Admiral Broadway Revue, also Show of Shows, 19491951; composer songs, Camp Tamiment, summers 1950, 1951, 1953 writer: continuity sketches Mel Torme show, CBS, 1951, 1952; writing staff: Kate Smith Hour, 19531954; writer: original songs for night club performer, including night club revue Confetti ; wrote: songs for Wonders of Manhattan (honorable mention Cannes Film Festival 1956); composer: music for Broadway show, Catch a Star , 1955; Mr. Wonderful , 1956; (collaborated with Sheldon Harnick on) The Body Beautiful , 1958; Fiorello! , 1959 (Pulitzer prize, Drama Critics award, Antoinette Perry award); Tenderloin , 1960; She Loves Me , (1963); Fiddler on the Roof , 1964; The Apple Tree , 1966; The Rothschilds , 1972; London production of She Loves Me , 1964, off-Broadway 1982; Fiddler on the Roof , 1964 (nine Tonys and best musical of the year); London production of Fiddler on the Roof , 1964 (Tony Award); Warsaw production, 1985, Fiorello! ; Goodspeed Opera House , summer 1985; wrote series of childrens songs now published under the title Sing Something Special ; also recorded album, N.Y. Board of Education, radio broadcasts, 1961. Recipient Johnny Mercer award from Songwriters Hall of Fame, 1990; named to Theatre Hall of Fame, 1990. Member Broadcast Music Inc. 19891990Silver Anniversary production of Fiddler on the Roof National Tour, ending in New York Revival; 1989Jerome Robbins Broadway ; 1990 The Rothschilds revival. Member of an endowment group at the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Member of the advisory panel for the BMI Foundation. Composed the score for the film, A Stranger Among Us ; wrote words and music for The Magic Journey , Danny and the Dragon , Brandon Finds His Star , Pinocchio , and Land of Broken Toys for the Childrens Theatre Festival, University of Houston, 20002005.

SHELDON HARNICK , born and educated in Chicago, moved to New York City in the early 1950s to pursue a career as a composer-lyricist for the American musical theater. He contributed numbers to several revues of the era including New Faces of 1952 (the hilarious Boston Beguine) and John Murray Andersons Almanac (the sardonic Merry Minuet). In 1958, he began a collaboration with composer Jerry Bock to write the Broadway musical The Body Beautiful . The team of Bock and Harnick went on to write Fiorello! , Tenderloin, She Loves Me, Fiddler on the Roof, The Apple Tree , and The Rothschilds . Other collaborations include Rex (Richard Rodgers), A Christmas Carol (Michel Legrand), A Wonderful Life (Joe Raposo), and The Phantom Tollbooth (Arnold Black and co-librettist Norton Juster). For Dragons , Mr. Harnick provided music and book as well as lyrics. With Cy Coleman, he contributed songs to the films The Heartbreak Kid and Blame It on Rio , and with Michel Legrand he wrote the score for the animated film Aarons Magic Village .

Mr. Harnick, at one time a professional violinist, is no stranger to the realm of opera and operetta. Among his many translations, the most frequently performed are Bizets Carmen , Stravinskys LHistoire du Soldat , Mozarts The Goose from Cairo , and Lehars The Merry Widow . He has provided librettos for Coyote Tales with composer Henry Mollicone; The Audition with Marvin Hamlisch; three operas with Jack Beeson: Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines , Dr. Heideggers Fountain of Youth , and Cyrano ; and Love in Two Countries with composer Thomas Z. Shepard.

Mr. Harnick has won two Tony Awards, two GRAMMY Awards, two New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, three gold records, and a platinum record. In 2005, he and his wife Margery celebrated their fortieth anniversary with their children Beth and Matthew. Mr. Harnick is a long-time member of both the Dramatists Guild and the Songwriters Guild of America.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

Words by SHELDON HARNICK
Music by JERRY BOCK

TRADITION

Words by SHELDON HARNICK
Music by JERRY BOCK

MATCHMAKER

Words by SHELDON HARNICK
Music by JERRY BOCK

IF I WERE A RICH MAN

Words by SHELDON HARNICK
Music by JERRY BOCK