Sheldon Harnick

**Sheldon Mayer Harnick** (An haife shi a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1924 - 23 ga Yuni, 2023) ɗan asalin Amurka ne kuma marubucin waƙoƙi wanda aka fi sani da haɗin gwiwar da ya yi da mawaƙa Jerry Bock a kan waƙoƙoƙi kamar *Fiorello!* , *Tana son Ni*, kuma *Fiddler a kan Rufin*.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Sheldon Mayer Harnick ga iyayensa Esther (Kanter) da Harry M. Harnick, likitan hakora, a Birnin Chicago a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1924.  Ya girma a unguwar Chicago ta Portage Park . Ya yi sha'awar kiɗa tun yana ƙarami, yana wasa da violin tun yana yaro. Ya fara rubuta kiɗa yayin da yake dalibi a Makarantar Sakandare ta Carl Schurz . 

## Ayyukan kiɗa
Bayan ya yi aiki a cikin Sojojin Amurka, Harnick ya kammala karatu daga Makarantar Kiɗa ta Jami'ar Arewa maso Yamma (1946-1949) tare da digiri na farko na Kiɗa, kuma ya yi aiki tare da ƙungiyoyi daban-daban a yankin Chicago. Daga nan sai ya koma Birnin New York kuma ya rubuta waƙoƙi da yawa. Ya kasance abokantaka da Charlotte Rae daga kwaleji, kuma ya tafi ya gan ta wata dare a Village Vanguard inda take raira waƙa. Yip Harburg, wanda yake daya daga cikin gumakan Harnick, ya ji cewa tana raira waƙarsa kuma ya yanke shawarar zuwa. Ya gaya wa Harnick cewa yana jin daɗin rubuce-rubucensa, kuma ya bukaci shi ya ci gaba. Harburg ya shawarci Harnick ya yi aiki tare da yawancin mawaƙa. Ya kuma shawarce shi da ya rubuta halayyar da waƙoƙi masu ban dariya, ba ballads ba, don Broadway. Harnick ya kirkiro "The Merry Minuet" ya shahara ne daga The Kingston Trio . 

A kusa da 1956, Harnick ya sadu da Jerry Bock, ya kafa "abin da ke da mahimmanci ga haɗin gwiwar kiɗa na '60s".  Waƙoƙinsu na farko shine The Beautiful Body, yana gudana don wasanni 60 kawai a 1958, amma *Fiorello!*  (1959) ya yi wasanni 795 kuma ya lashe Kyautar Pulitzer don Wasan kwaikwayo da kuma kyautar Tony don Mafi kyawun Musical. Fiddler on the Roof (1964) "ya zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi ƙaunatacce na duk waƙoƙin Broadway. "  Sauran nasarorin Broadway ga Harnick sun haɗa da She Loves Me (1963), The Apple Tree (1966) da The *Rothschilds* (1970). 

Harnick ya rubuta litattafan wasan kwaikwayo na Coyote Tales, tare da kiɗa na Henry Mollicone, wanda ya sami gabatarwa a duniya a Lyric Opera na Kansas City a watan Maris na shekara ta 1998. [1] Ya rubuta littafin, kiɗa da kalmomin waƙoƙin Dragons, wanda aka yi a 2003 a Luna Stage a Montclair, New Jersey . [2] Ya rubuta kalmomin kuma ya rubuta littafin tare da Norton Juster don kiɗa The Phantom Tollbooth, bisa ga littafin Juster. An fara wasan kwaikwayo a Cibiyar Kennedy a shekara ta 2007.

Harnick ya fitar da kundin Sheldon Harnick: Hidden Treasures (1949-2013) a cikin 2014, wanda ya haɗa da rikodin waƙoƙin waƙoƙi da ɓangarorin da aka yanke daga Broadway daga tarin kansa. A cikin 2020, Harnick ya yi aiki a kan gyaran kiɗa na wasan kwaikwayo na Soviet The *Dragon* na Evgeny Schwartz . 

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Harnick ya yi aure sau uku. An soke auren da ya yi a 1950 da Mary Boatner a shekara ta 1957. Aure da ya yi da Elaine Mayu ya kasance shekara guda kawai, daga 1962 har zuwa saki a 1963. A shekara ta 1965, ya auri Margery Grey. Suna da 'ya'ya biyu kuma suna zaune a cikin wani gida a The Beresford, wani gini a kan Upper West Side na Manhattan. Harnick ya mutu a can a ranar 23 ga Yuni, 2023, yana da shekaru 99. 

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