SCHENECTADY — “You may say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof…” Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. It has a ...

Sheldon Harnick, lyricist for “Fiddler on the Roof” and “Fiorello!,” and creative partner to composer Jerry Block, died on Friday morning at his home in Manhattan, The New York Times confirmed. He was ...

His collaborations with the composer Jerry Bock also included “Fiorello!” — which, like “Fiddler,” was a Tony winner — and “She Loves Me.” By Robert Berkvist Sheldon Harnick, the lyricist who teamed ...