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Sheldon Harnick (born April 30, 1924) is an American lyricist best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on hit musicals such as Fiddler on the Roof. Harnick began his career writing words and music to comic songs in musical revues. One of these, "The Merry Minuet", was popularized by the Kingston Trio. It is in the caustic style usually associated with Tom Lehrer and is sometimes incorrectly attributed to him.

Credits

New Faces (1952) (music by himself)
Shangri-La (1956) (music by himself)
The Body Beautiful (1958) (Bock)
Portofino (1958) (lyrics with Richard Ney)
Fiorello! (1959) (Bock)
Music to Ford-i-fy your future (1959) (Bock), an industrial musical for the Ford Motor Company
Tenderloin (1960) (Bock)
Smiling the Boy Fell Dead (1961) (David Baker)
She Loves Me (1963) (Bock)
Fiddler on the Roof (1964) (Bock)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) (Michel Legrand)
The Apple Tree (1966) (Bock)
The Rothschilds (1970) (Bock)
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines (1975) (Jack Beeson)
Rex (1976) (Richard Rodgers)
A Christmas Carol (1982) (Michel Legrand)
A Wonderful Life (Joe Raposo)
(1993) (contributed English lyrics)
Coyote Tales (1998) (Henry Mollicone)
Dragons (2003) (music by himself)
Fiddler on the Roof (2004) (contributed lyrics for one new song, "Topsy Turvy") (Jerry Bock)

(In each case the composer of the music is given in parentheses.)
Honors

Sheldon Harnick was honored at the Twenty-Sixth Annual William Inge Theater Festival located in Independence, Kansas in 2007.Further Information
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