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Also known as Harvey Lester Schmidt

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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1929-09-12
Active to
2018-02-28

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,409
Total plays
10,252

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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

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