Harvey Schmidt
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American composer for musical theatre and illustrator (1929–2018)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Femmes Fantastiques '96
- Fantasticks
- Fantasticks
- Celebration
- One Hundred Ten in the Shade
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Film & TV
Known for
- Try to Remember: The Fantasticks — Self2003
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1929-09-12
- Active to
- 2018-02-28
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,409
- Total plays
- 10,252
Tags
musical theater20th CenturycomposerMusical theatreBroadway
Harvey Lester Schmidt (September 12, 1929 – February 28, 2018) 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 - 2002. Schmidt was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended the University of Texas to study art, but when he met Tom Jones at the University he started to accompany the drama student on the piano. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mus
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lester
- Family name
- Schmidt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dallas
- Place of death
- Tomball
- Occupation
- illustrator
- Educated at
- University of Texas at Austin
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1929-09-12
- date of death
- 2018-02-28
- partner in business or sport
- Tom Jones
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Original Score
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