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Fiddler on the roof this rousing musical based on the stories of shalom aleichem takes place in pre revolutionary russia and centers on the life of tevye topol a milkman who is trying to keep his family s traditions in place while marrying off his three older daughters.
In the song the main character tevye explains the roles of each social class fathers mothers sons and daughters in the village of anatevka and how the traditional roles of people like the matchmaker the beggar and the rabbi contribute to the village.
Tevye is not a perfect beacon of jewish tradition or fatherhood.
In prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with marrying off three of his daughters while growing anti semitic sentiment threatens his village.
Every one of us knows who he is and what god expects him to do.
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.
A fiddler on the roof.
But it s a tradition.
You may ask why do we stay up there if it s so dangerous.
With topol norma crane leonard frey molly picon.
Subscribe in prerevolutionary russia a jewish peasant contends with.
But here in our little village of anatevka you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant simple tune without breaking his neck.
And because of our traditions.
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Well we stay because anatevka is our home.
A fiddler on the roof.
Tradition is the opening number for the 1964 broadway musical fiddler on the roof.
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