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Additional authors

1. Wilk, Max

Found in

1. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (approximately 82 min.) : digital, mono.

Summary

1. 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

1. They're playing our song.
2. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."

Subject

1. Lyricists > United States > Interviews
2. Interviews (Sound recordings)
3. Harnick, Sheldon > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. *LDC 53163

Note

1. Title supplied by cataloger from information on the original container.
2. 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)

1. Access to original item restricted.

Additional formats (note)

1. Also available on CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53163.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."

Author

1. Harnick, Sheldon, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with Sheldon Harnick, 1971-11-06.

Production

1. 1971.

Playing time

1. 005628 002505

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. audio
2. computer

Type of carrier

1. audio disc
2. online resource

Performer

1. Sheldon Harnick, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.

Event

1. Recorded in New York 1971 November 6.

Access

1. Access to original item restricted.

Additional formats

1. Also available on CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53163.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."

Local note

1. Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1/2 track mono ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 2173.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Music Division Audio and Moving Image material
2. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Wilk, Max, interviewer.

Added title

1. They're playing our song.
2. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."

Found in:

1. Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."

Research call number

1. *LDC 53163
2. *LT-10 2173