Fiddler On The Roof Thesis

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Music plays an important role in the world. It is a way to express human emotion when dialogue will not suffice. We can clearly see this phenomenon in movies. The film, Fiddler on the Roof, is based on stories by Shalom Aleichem and the Broadway musical, Fiddler On The Roof. In addition to winning Global Globe Awards, the movie won Academy Awards while the Broadway production, one of Broadway’s longest running shows, won Tony Awards including Best Musical. Songs of Fiddler on the Roof include “Tradition”, “If I Were a Rich Man”, “Matchmaker”, “Miracle of Miracles”, “Sunrise Sunset”, “Sabbath Prayer”, “Anatevka”, “Do You Love Me?”, “To Life”, and more.
The music in the movie, Fiddler On The Roof, serves

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