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Jerry Bock

1928 - 2010

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Jerrold Lewis Bock (November 23, 1928 – November 3, 2010) was an American musical theater composer. He received the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Sheldon Harnick for their 1959 musical Fiorello! and the Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist for the 1964 musical Fiddler on the Roof with Sheldon Harnick. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Jerry Bock is the 1,388th most popular composer (down from 1,343rd in 2024), the 12,759th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,146th in 2019) and the 128th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jerry Bock ranks 1,388 out of 1,451. Before him are Arne Nordheim, George Whitefield Chadwick, David Newman, Alan Bush, Peter Sculthorpe, and George Butterworth. After him are Christophe Beck, Jesper Kyd, Yuzo Koshiro, Elisabeth Lutyens, William Grant Still, and Bernie Worrell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jerry Bock ranks 573. Before him are Ed Macauley, Toaripi Lauti, Tom Aldredge, Gino Pariani, Andrew Sarris, and Hap Sharp. After him are June Maston, William Kennedy, Jimmy Dean, Joseph Bernardin, Gerhard Weinberg, and Philip Levine. Among people deceased in 2010, Jerry Bock ranks 451. Before him are Bobby Charles, Maciej Płażyński, Arne Nordheim, Mitch Miller, Malcolm Allison, and Khattiya Sawasdipol. After him are Dorothy Provine, Nan Martin, Ravindra Kelekar, John Dankworth, Jimmy Dean, and Kate McGarrigle.

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Jerry Bock ranks 128. Before him are George Perle (1915), Angus MacLise (1938), Fred Ebb (1928), Raymond Scott (1908), George Whitefield Chadwick (1854), and David Newman (1954). After him are William Grant Still (1895), Bernie Worrell (1944), Don Davis (1957), Ned Rorem (1923), Charles Wuorinen (1938), and Jimmy McHugh (1894).

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