Samuel joel zero mostel february 28 1915 september 8 1977 was an american actor singer and comedian of stage and screen best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as tevye on stage in fiddler on the roof pseudolus on stage and on screen in a funny thing happened on the way to the forum and max bialystock in the original film version of the producers.
Fiddler on the roof father daughter song.
Life has a way of confusing us blessing and bruising us.
L chaim l chaim to life.
Through the wonder of technology natalie cole was able to transform her legendary father s signature song into a true testament of father daughter love.
To life to life l chaim.
Drink l chaim to life.
The lyrics and delivery reveal the affection she feels for her father just as your dance will reveal the love between you and yours.
God would like us to be joyful.
Drink l chaim to life.
Here s to the bride to be.
Fiddler on the roof 1971 tevye cannot accept chava marrying a non jew.
The music reflects the sadness and pain of parting from loved ones.
It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and.
Originally released as a double lp set and now on one cd the gold selling soundtrack album for the screen adaptation of the long running broadway musical fiddler on the roof which became the top grossing film of 1971 stretched out jerry bock and sheldon harnick s song score with musical adaptations by conductor john williams who used a giant orchestra and chorus that sounded like it was.
Fiddler on the roof to life to life to life l chaim.
Far from the home i love.
Here s to the father i tried to be.
The opening of the musical was in 1964 in detroit then it moved to washington.
Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905.