Composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick had their greatest success with the musical Fiddler on the Roof, which ran for nearly eight years on Broadway. Working together from 1956 until 1970, the songwriters wrote seven finely crafted stage musicals typified by songs with heart and humour.
Raised in New York, Jerrold Bock (on ) studied music at the University of Wisconsin, and, before teaming with Harnick, wrote songs for television and stage with a college classmate...