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  Harvey Schmidt - Biography - AOL Music
The son of a Methodist minister, Harvey Schmidt was born and raised in Texas, in the area around Houston.
Schmidt's most obvious talent as a youth was his artistic ability, which impressed his teachers as well as his friends.
Schmidt's score was disarming in its simplicity and haunting melodies, and Jones's lyrics displayed a beguiling innocence.
music.aol.com /artist/harvey-schmidt/172607/biography   (911 words)

  
  ‘Miss Esther’ turns 90
It is true that Esther Schmidt was born at the edge of a cranberry bog, but her mother introduced her to the world of learning and from then on life became a series of wonderful adventures.
Schmidt said she loved everything she did in the 4-H program and was proud of the integrity and perfectionism displayed by the members at that time.
Schmidt was glad that she had teaching to occupy her life when Harvey died in 1978.
www.ecmpostreview.com /2005/february/2est.html   (654 words)

  
 Playbill News: ON THE RECORD: "Harvey Schmidt Plays Jones & Schmidt" and "The Musicality of [Charles] Strouse"
Word of Harvey's CD spread from admiring friends to admiring fans, who naturally clamored for their own copy of "Harvey Schmidt plays Jones and Schmidt." Record producer Bruce Kimmel, who recently started a new label called Kritzerland, has obliged by giving the CD a commercial release.
Schmidt is not playing reductions of the orchestrations, though; Harvey is one of the few Broadway composers who handed his orchestrators relatively complete arrangements to work from.
"Harvey Schmidt plays Jones and Schmidt" gives the impression that you are sitting in Harvey's living room, with a glass of something cool to drink, as the composer loses himself in the songs he most enjoys playing.
www.playbill.com /features/article/95432.html   (1499 words)

  
 UT College of Veterinary Medicine Faculty -- Ralph C. Harvey
Harvey, R.C., and Paddleford, R.R., Popilskis, S.J., and Wixson, S.K.: Anesthesia and analgesia in dogs, cats, and ferrets, Anesthesia and Analgesia in Laboratory Animals, D.F. Kohn, S.K. Wixson, W.J. White, and G.J. Benson (eds.), Academic Press, 1997.
Ralph Harvey is an associate professor of anesthesiology in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1985.
Harvey received the DVM degree from the University of Tennessee and the MS degree in genetics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
www.vet.utk.edu /faculty/harvey.shtml   (484 words)

  
 Focus EMU Online: Feature Story
Harvey E.Schmidt, owner of Schmidt and Sons Pharmacies in Tecumseh, Mich., was presented with the Merlanti Ethics Best Practices Award at the Eastern Michigan University College of Business banquet Friday, March 24.
Schmidt's business has thrived because of his attention to the needs of the community and his employees.
In his acceptance speech, Schmidt spoke of the value of keeping one's good name and noted: 'Once that good name is lost, it can't be regained.' That is good advice!" said John Waltman, director of the Merlanti Ethics Program and professor of management at EMU.
www.emich.edu /focus_emu/040406/merlantiethics.html   (512 words)

  
 The Schmidt Family - German Ancestors - East Germany to Waupaca Co, Wisconsin
Note: Lillias Schmidt is the natural child of Emma A Schmidt, and the adopted child of Walter C Brockhaus.
Their son Herman W Schmidt married Ida A Ratzburg, the daughter of Wilhelm F Ratzburg Sr and Marie Dorothea Mallwitz also Dupont pioneers.
Herman and Ida's son Harold, became a Lutheran minister, and married Lillias Schmidt to her husband Donald Schoenborn, in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan in 1948.
members.cox.net /mygenes/schmidt/default.html   (354 words)

  
 Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
TOM JONES and HARVEY SCHMIDT, creators of THE FANTASTICKS, were inducted in the Theatre Hall of Fame on February 1, 1999.
Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, from THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, July, 1990 (Photo by William Snyder).
When their one-act version was produced at Barnard, it attracted enough attention from the world of the professional theatre that Jones and Schmidt were soon placed in the position of having to choose one off-Broadway producer from a field of several viable candidates.
home.att.net /~fantasticks   (1637 words)

  
 Michal Schmidt: Raymond Harvey
With an immediately noticeable style that has been described as "elegant, but suffused with energy," Raymond Harvey has garnered critical acclaim on symphonic podiums throughout the U.S. Currently Music Director of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Mr.
Harvey has also been Music Director of the Springfield (MA) Symphony and the Fresno Philharmonic.
Also recognized as an outstanding pianist, choral conductor and teacher, Raymond Harvey holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Yale School of Music.
www.schmidtart.com /artist.aspx?id_num=58   (214 words)

  
 About the Playwrights: Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
Schmidt and Jones “wrote over a hundred songs for 110 in the Shade before the final choices were made” (Martin Gottfried, Broadway Musicals [New York: Abradale Press/HarryN.
Schmidt and Jones are no strangers to performance.
Schmidt was known to attend performances of The Fantasticks and sit “down at the piano to reprise themes from the show as the audience, generally unconscious of his identity.
www.bard.org /education/resources/other/thefantasticksplaywright.html   (914 words)

  
 CD Baby: HARVEY SCHMIDT: Harvey Schmidt plays Jones and Schmidt - from tblink
Jones and Schmidt's first Broadway show, 110 in the Shade, was nominated for a Tony Award and was revived recently to great acclaim by the New York City Opera.
Schmidt are the recipients of the prestigious ASCAP-Richard Rodgers Award for 1993.
I have been a fan of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt for about as long as it's been possible to be one.
cdbaby.com /cd/harveyschmidt/from/tblink   (552 words)

  
 Playbill News: PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
But burly, less voluble Schmidt and puckish Jones, though often eager to revisit their older works and have them revived, are not the types to rest on their lyrical laurels.
Harvey Schmidt: For the current Fantasticks, business had not been that great, and a man bought the building and wanted to do a total renovation and build out onto the street.
Harvey is retired to Texas, with seven or ten projects he's working on there.
www.playbill.com /features/article/65131.html   (2653 words)

  
 City Council:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Harvey Schmidt owns the Schmidt and Sons Pharmacies in Tecumseh, Clinton, and Dundee, MI.
A 1974 graduate of Ferris State University’s Pharmacy program, Harvey has been a lifetime resident of the City of Tecumseh.
Harvey and his wife Pat have three children, Sam, Ben, and Tim.
www.tecumseh.mi.us /tecumseh/citycouncil.asp?id_=1   (139 words)

  
 Notes on 110 in the Shade
As for the 'western' part, we were both from Texas and felt we knew this world and these people." Harvey Schmidt adds "I found [the play] extremely moving and beautiful and laced with delightful humor as well.
Harvey Schmidt adds, "It was a big up moment and made a huge difference.
Schmidt and Joes have written exhilarating music and lyrics and there doesn't seem to be a hackneyed phrase in the many songs.
www.northern.edu /wild/0304Season/110Notes.htm   (3765 words)

  
 Harvey Schmidt - AOL Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Harvey Schmidt (born September 12, 1929 in Dallas, Texas, USA) is an American writer of musical theatre, best known for the longest running musical in...
Tom Jones wrote the book and lyrics, and Harvey Schmidt wrote the music for The Fantasticks, which closes January 13, 2002, almost 42 years after its...
Harvey Schmidt (born Texas, 1929) is a writer of musical theatre, best known for the longest...
music.aol.com /artist/harvey-schmidt/172607/main   (159 words)

  
 Talkin' Broadway: Spotlight On Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
As a little kid, Harvey had these visions of New York City with glass streets like in an MGM musical.
Harvey was due to get out of the Army.
Harvey immediately had a very successful career as a commercial artist - one of the top in America.
www.talkinbroadway.com /spot/jonesschmidt2.html   (1510 words)

  
 Schmidt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Schmidt is a German surname that is a cognate of "Smith", an occupational surname for a flsmith.
Paul Schmidt translator in the German foreign ministry from 1923-1945
Renate Schmidt (born 1943), German Federal Minister for family affairs
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Schmidt   (284 words)

  
 Mirette
According to a source who spoke to Harvey Schmidt at one of the performances, they are looking to bring the show to New York, and are searching for the right, intimate venue.
Schmidt said he and Jones like to sit and talk a long time about a story before they begin to write.
Schmidt said he's always been fascinated with Paris at the turn of the century -- an interest reflected in his Colette score.
members.aol.com /n2thewoods/mirette.html   (1075 words)

  
 Lyric Stage Irving Texas | LyricStage.org
Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt met as students at The University of Texas in 1950.
So successful, in fact, that Jones and Schmidt followed it almost immediately with their second project, an original book musical, TIME STAGGERS ON, and after that, they began writing songs together on a more or less regular basis.
I had been a fan of the play ever since I saw it on television the night before I was discharged from the Army, and Harvey knew the piece from the excellent movie starring Katherine Hepburn and Burt Lancaster.
www.lyricstage.org /2005_sjcelebration.shtml   (1161 words)

  
 Amazon.com: 110 in the Shade (1999 Studio Cast): Music: Harvey Schmidt,John Owen Edwards,Hershy Kay,National Symphony ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
While 110 in the Shade isn't as familiar to audiences as Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones's The Fantasticks (but then what is?), the original Broadway production was a modest success in 1963 and this 1999 studio recording makes a compelling case for its evocative and beautiful music.
Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones are best known for their chamber musical, THE FANTASTICKS.
Schmidt and Jones are tragically underrrated as Broadway composers; everything they do combines beauty with intelligence.
www.amazon.com /110-Shade-1999-Studio-Cast/dp/B00000IIPS   (2240 words)

  
 Talkin' Broadway: Spotlight On Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
Tom Jones wrote the book and lyrics, and Harvey Schmidt wrote the music for The Fantasticks, which closes January 13, 2002, almost 42 years after its opening on May 3, 1960.
In 1998, Jones and Schmidt starred in a musical revue of their own work called The Show Goes On at The York Theatre.
Harvey Schmidt: We both wanted to be out of the state of Texas, (laughs) although now I’ve moved back to Texas.
www.talkinbroadway.com /spot/jonesschmidt1.html   (1762 words)

  
 Broadway Memories: Music and the Stars. Hosted by Gary Hofmeister and Bob Young
HARVEY SCHMIDT (born September 12, 1929 in Dallas, Texas) is a writer of musical theatre, best known for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which has been running off-Broadway since 1960.
TOM JONES (born in 1928 in Texas) is a lyricist of musical theatre, best known for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which has been running off-Broadway since 1960.
All of Jones' major musicals were written with Harvey Schmidt whom he met at the University of Texas at Austin.
www.broadwaymemories.net   (311 words)

  
 Harvey Schmidt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harvey Schmidt (born September 12, 1929 in Dallas, Texas) is a writer of musical theatre, best known for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway from 1960 - 2002 for a total of 17,162 performances, all at the Sullivan Street Playhouse.
A revival is currently planned for fall 2006.
All of Schmidt's major musicals were written with lyricist Tom Jones whom he met at the University of Texas at Austin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harvey_Schmidt   (106 words)

  
 Bird Schmidt - Birds, Birders, and Birding   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Click on Brenda Schmidt to see some of her award-winning paintings, or visit the studio when you are in the Flin Flon and Creighton area.
On November 16, 2002 at 10:15 am we spotted a Barred Owl hunting south of Yaholnitski Creek on highway 165, the grid that connects 106 (the Hanson Lake Road) to 2 (the highway into La Ronge, SK).
Visiting birdwatchers need to consider the climate and seasonal changes, the various ecosystems, and the potential changes in the status of bird species in the particular region in order to fully appreciate the experience.
www.sasktelwebsite.net /schevv   (738 words)

  
 Announcements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Burmeister is a shareholder in Harvey Kruse, P.C., which has 32 attorneys with offices in Troy, Grand Rapids and Flint.
Kenneth Wainwright, Jr., Harvey Kruse, P.C. 9:30 a.m.
Kenneth Wainwright, Jr., Harvey Kruse, P.C. 9:15 a.m.
www.harveykruse.com /announce.htm   (2564 words)

  
 The Fantasticks—The Authors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Anne Bancroft, an early supporter of the show, at the 100th Performance Party around the piano singing the show's songs with Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones.
t is to producer Lore Noto that Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt attribute much of the record-making long run of THE FANTASTICKS.
THE FANTASTICKS is ©; Copyright 1960, 1964, 1990, 2000 by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt.
www.thefantasticks.com /webpages/authors.html   (1675 words)

  
 York Theatre to Host Composer Harvey Schmidt’s Times Square Memorabilia Collection Printer-Friendly (BroadwayWorld.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
While pursuing a dual career as a composer and graphic artist, Schmidt has also been an avid collector of visual materials relating to the evolution of Times Square and its environs, in all of its aspects: architecture, advertising, theater, and street culture.
Composer Schmidt and his partner, lyricist/librettist Tom Jones, wrote The Fantasticks, which opened Off-Broadway at the Sullivan Street Playhouse on May 3, 1960.
Schmidt and Jones appeared together at the York in their sold-out revue The Show Goes On in 1998.
www.broadwayworld.com /printcolumn.cfm?id=1668   (394 words)

  
 The Show Goes On, a CurtainUp review
Schmidt have shared is a delectable songfest expertly punctuated with anecdotes about the evolution of those songs and the shows for which they were written.
Schmidt serving as the one man band accompanies Jones and the three singers on a small grand piano.
That piano is the centerpiece of a simple but effective set by James Morgan) --some steps, a raised platform, the requisite revue stool and banners emblazoned with the names of Jones and Schmidt shows mounted on poles.
www.curtainup.com /show-go.html   (760 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: The Fantasticks: Vocal Selections: Books: Schmidt Jone,Harvey Schmidt,Tom Jones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
by Schmidt Jone (Author), Harvey Schmidt (Composer), Tom Jones (Composer)
It never fails to amaze me that Jones and Schmidt were capable of such powerful poetry while still studying for their masters degrees.
This thesis show is a powerhouse of simplicity and a panorama of minimalism.
www.amazon.ca /Fantasticks-Vocal-Selections-Schmidt-Jone/dp/0881880752   (588 words)

  
 The Fantasticks - a musical by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Fantasticks - a musical by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones
It has played in over 5000 American cities and 80 foreign countries.
Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones first began collaborating while students at the University of Texas.
mww.imagi-nation.com /moonstruck/albm44.html   (207 words)

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