Schmidt, Harvey
Variant namesHarvey Schmidt (born September 12, 1929 in Dallas, Texas, U.S.) is an American writer of musical theatre, best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway from 1960 - 2002 for a total of 17,162 performances at the Sullivan Street Playhouse. He also collaborated on the 2000 feature film adaptation.
Biographical Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Schmidt, 2008
From the guide to the Harvey Schmidt Papers, 1959, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Alix Jeffry photographs | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Schmidt, Harvey, 1929-. Try to remember [music] / by Harvey Schmidt ; arranged for orchestra by Michael Hurst. | Libraries Australia | |
| creatorOf | Schmidt, Harvey John. Harvey John Schmidt letter to Paul S. Wright [manuscript], 1960 May 5. | Oregon Historical Society Research Library | |
| creatorOf | Schmidt, Harvey, 1929-. I do! I do! [music] / book & lyrics by Tom Jones ; music by Harvey Schmidt ; based on The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog. | Libraries Australia | |
| creatorOf | Harvey Schmidt Papers, 1959 | University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections | |
| referencedIn | Robert A. Wilson slides, 1956-1969 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. |
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| associatedWith | Australian Broadcasting Commission. Music Library. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | De Hartog, Jan, 1914-2002. | person |
| associatedWith | Drury, Clifford Merrill, 1897- | person |
| associatedWith | First Presbyterian Church (Portland, Or.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Hurst, Michael, 1925- | person |
| associatedWith | J.C. Williamson (Firm) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Jeffry, Alix | person |
| associatedWith | Jones, Tom, 1928- | person |
| associatedWith | Symphony Australia. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922- | person |
| correspondedWith | Wright, Paul Stuart, Reverend, 1895- | person |
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| Musicals |
| Orchestral music, Arranged |
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Birth 1929-09-12
Americans
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