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Interview with Sheldon Harnick

Title
Interview with Sheldon Harnick, 1971-11-06.
Author
Harnick, Sheldon
Publication
1971.

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Additional Authors
Wilk, Max
Found In
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 82 min.) : digital, mono.
Summary
Sheldon Harnick, a lyricist best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on hit musicals such as Fiddler on the Roof, speaks about the tradition in his family of writing poetry; writing nonsense poetry and comedy songs at an early age; writing satirical poetry and composing songs in the army during WWII; the story about writing the words for "The man with the sign" to the tune of "The stars and stripes forever" by John Philip Sousa; playing violin in a band and extreme nervousness at performing in public that led to switching to songwriting and coming to New York; lack of good plays and books for musicals and the state of the theater in 1972; and about his most successful works: Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello.
Alternative Title
  • They're playing our song.
  • Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Title supplied by cataloger from information on the original container.
  • Original interview conducted by Max Wilk, playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction books, for the book "They're playing our song" published in 1973.
Access (note)
  • Access to original item restricted.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available on CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53163.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Call Number
*LDC 53163
OCLC
879646226
Author
Harnick, Sheldon, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Sheldon Harnick, 1971-11-06.
Production
1971.
Playing Time
005628 002505
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audio disc
online resource
Performer
Sheldon Harnick, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.
Event
Recorded in New York 1971 November 6.
Access
Access to original item restricted.
Additional Formats
Also available on CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53163.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Local Note
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1/2 track mono ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 2173.
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Added Author
Wilk, Max, interviewer.
Added Title
They're playing our song.
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Found In:
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Research Call Number
*LDC 53163
*LT-10 2173
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