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Fiddler On The Roof Vocal Score
(Vocal Score). The vocal score from this Broadway musical includes 30 songs, including: Anatevka * Do You Love Me? * The Dream * Far from the Home I Love * If I Were a Rich Man * Matchmaker * Miracle of Miracles * Now I Have Everything * The Rumor * Sabbath Prayer * Sunrise, Sunset * To Life * Tradition * Wedding Dance, No. 1. Includes composer bios.
186 pages, Paperback
First published December 12, 1983
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February 14, 2021
Great and tuneful musical. Brilliant score and good lyrics. I only knew a couple of the classic numbers - but the whole thing is a joy.
August 30, 2015
A long time ago, Fiddler on the Roof was my favorite musical of all time- due in no small part to it being the first major musical production I was in. And now all the years have gone by and I've become a lot more analytical of novels and plays, and have returned to my beloved play to discover... I don't like it. I mean, it's not bad. It paints a picture of what Jewish lifestyle was like in the 1930's, when Russia was starting to push them out and war was on the brink again in the world. I think the dialogue is funny... but oftentimes it centers too much on being funny, that a lot of the drama is lost in the scenes. The music is still good and well-written, but some songs oftentimes are just pointless to the plot. Sabbath Prayer, L'Chaim, and Little Chavaleh do nothing to further the story or inform the reader or audience of what is going on.
And the characters themselves aren't that interesting. They lack the depth that makes them truly interesting. Only Tevye seems to be the more complex individual of the cast, because his daughters and their stories on marrying the men they want over their father's wishes fell flat to me as I saw little to no development or chemistry between the girls and their husbands-to-be. Motel and Tzeitel get an entire act to develop (even though there isn't a whole lot of it), but Hodel and Perchik, and Chava and Fyedka's stories as just flat-out short.
Honestly, I think the pacing and contrast in this story is the biggest problem in this play. The entire first Act is nothing but happiness and merriment while the second Act is nothing but depression and letting things go. The scenes themselves don't contrast, only the Acts as whole do which can really bore a reader or an audience member. The play isn't perfect by any stretch, but it does have a very apparent charm to it. The conversation's simplicity and humor is really what gives the story a quaint feel, and I will still say that despite its major flaws... I may not like Fiddler on the Roof. But I enjoy it, nonetheless.
And the characters themselves aren't that interesting. They lack the depth that makes them truly interesting. Only Tevye seems to be the more complex individual of the cast, because his daughters and their stories on marrying the men they want over their father's wishes fell flat to me as I saw little to no development or chemistry between the girls and their husbands-to-be. Motel and Tzeitel get an entire act to develop (even though there isn't a whole lot of it), but Hodel and Perchik, and Chava and Fyedka's stories as just flat-out short.
Honestly, I think the pacing and contrast in this story is the biggest problem in this play. The entire first Act is nothing but happiness and merriment while the second Act is nothing but depression and letting things go. The scenes themselves don't contrast, only the Acts as whole do which can really bore a reader or an audience member. The play isn't perfect by any stretch, but it does have a very apparent charm to it. The conversation's simplicity and humor is really what gives the story a quaint feel, and I will still say that despite its major flaws... I may not like Fiddler on the Roof. But I enjoy it, nonetheless.
August 9, 2010
The best musical I have ever known, I have its sound tracks and I do listen to them
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