Harvey Schmidt

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Harvey Lester Schmidt
BornSeptember 12, 1929
American Theatre Hall of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame

Harvey Lester Schmidt (September 12, 1929 – February 28, 2018[1]) was an American composer for musical theatre and illustrator. He was best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway for 42 years, from 1960 to 2002.

Biography

Schmidt was born in

NBC Television and later as an illustrator for Life, Harper's Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune.[2]

All of Schmidt's major musicals were written with lyricist

Tony Award honor for The Fantasticks, then in its 33rd year.[3]

Jones and Schmidt followed with the

I Do! I Do! followed in 1966, which brought Mary Martin and Robert Preston to the Broadway stage in a two-person musical and ran for 560 performances. Jones and Schmidt were nominated for the Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist and Best Musical.[citation needed
]

They both appeared in a revue of their songs, The Show Goes On, at the York Theatre Company in 1997. The run was extended several times and the show was recorded on the DRG label.[citation needed]

Schmidt and Jones wrote a musical based on Thornton Wilder's Our Town, which took the duo thirteen years to write, only to have the rights rescinded by Wilders nephew[4]|

Honours

Schmidt was inducted into the

American Theatre Hall of Fame. His recording, Harvey Schmidt Plays Jones and Schmidt, was released in 2005.[5]

Schmidt and Jones were both inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in July 2012.[6]

Songs

  • "I Can See It" from the musical The Fantasticks; later recorded by Barbra Streisand
  • "Much More" from the musical The Fantasticks; later recorded by Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album
  • "
    Soon It's Gonna Rain
    " from the musical The Fantasticks; later recorded by Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album
  • "
    Try To Remember
    " from the musical The Fantasticks
  • "What is a Woman?" from the musical
    I Do! I Do!, later recorded by Peggy Lee
  • "
    I Do! I Do!, later recorded by Bing Crosby and Ed Ames
    .

Theatre

See also

References

  1. ^ Sandomir, Richard (3 March 2018). "Harvey Schmidt, Co-Creator of 'The Fantasticks,' is Dead at 88". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Rosati, Nancy."An interview with Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt", talkinbroadway.com, November 29, 2001.
  3. ^ "Winners". www.tonyawards.com. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  4. ^ "Indepth Interview, John Kander" BroadwayWorld.com, November 2, 2010.
  5. ^ Suskin Steven.[http://www.playbill.com/features/article/95432-ON-THE-RECORD-Harvey-Schmidt-Plays-Jones-Schmidt-and-The-Musicality-of-Charles-Strouse "On the Record: 'Harvey Schmidt Plays Jones & Schmidt' and 'The Musicality of Charles Strouse'" Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine Playbill.com, October 2, 2005
  6. ^ "Harvey Schmidt | Songwriters Hall of Fame". www.songhall.org. Retrieved 2022-05-30.
  7. ^ Roadside (2001) Synopsis" The Guide to Musical Theatre, accessed February 11, 2010

External links

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