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Jerrold Lewis Bock (November 23, 1928 – November 3, 2010) was an American musical theater composer. He received the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Sheldon Harnick for their 1959 musical Fiorello! and the Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist for the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof with Sheldon Harnick.
Jerry Bock (born Nov. 23, 1928, New Haven, Conn., U.S.—died Nov. 3, 2010, Mount Kisco, N.Y.) American composer. He studied at the University of Wisconsin and then collaborated with Larry Holofcener on songs for television’s Your Show of Shows and the musical Mr. Wonderful (1956).
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Jerry Bock. Inductee. 1928- 2010 Born/Died. 1972 Inducted. Composer of the Broadway successes "Fiddler on the Roof", "Mr. Wonderful", and "Fiorello!" * Jerry Bock was also the 1990 recipient of The Johnny Mercer Award, the SHOF’s highest honor.
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Nov 4, 2010 · Nov. 3, 2010. Jerry Bock, who wrote his first musical in public school and went on to compose the scores for some of Broadway’s most successful shows, including “Fiddler on the Roof,”...
Nov 4, 2010 · Thu 4 Nov 2010 14.57 EDT. Days after speaking at a memorial service for his Fiddler On the Roof collaborator Joseph Stein, the composer Jerry Bock has died, aged 81. With Stein and the lyricist...
- Michael Coveney
Nov 3, 2010 · Hulton Archive / Getty Images. Fiddler on the Roof has been performed in dozens of languages, thousands of times since it was written by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick in 1964. The musical won...
Nov 5, 2010 · Jerry Bock, the composer of the score for shows like Fiddler on the Roof, Fiorello! and She Loves Me, died Nov. 3. He was 81. Fresh Air remembers the composer with highlights from a 2004...
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