The etymology of fiddle is uncertain: it probably derives from the Latin fidula, which is the early word for violin, or it may be natively Germanic. [10] Sligo fiddling from northern Connacht, which like Donegal fiddling tends to be fast, but with a bouncier feel to the bowing. Arbeiter, M. "9 of the Best Animaniacs Episodes to Rewatch", Nerdist.com, January 7, 2018, accessed December 26, 2021 Harvey, Dennis. " Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles review: Show's universal themes make for engaging documentary", Chicago Tribune, September 5, 2019

Gussow, Mel. "Paul Lipson, 82, Who Appeared As Tevye Over 2,000 Times". The New York Times, January 5, 1996, accessed October 19, 2015 Shand, John. "Yidcore: Eighth Day Slice/Fiddlin' on Ya Roof", Sydney Morning Herald, October 20, 2005, accessed March 30, 2012

Kantor, Michael; Laurence Maslon (2004). Broadway: the American musical. New York, New York: Bulfinch Press. ISBN 0-8212-2905-2. Moynihan, Caitlin. "Jonathan Hashmonay, Maite Uzal & More Set for Fiddler on the Roof National Tour", Broadway.com, September 1, 2022 fiddle, n.". Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. 1989 . Retrieved 2008-03-28. (as access to the OED online is not free, the relevant excerpt is provided) "The ultimate origin is obscure. The [ Teutonic] word bears a singular resemblance in sound to its [ medieval Latin] synonym vitula, vidula, whence [ Old French] viole, Pr. viula, and (by adoption from these [languages]) [ Italian], [ Spanish], [ Portuguese] viola: see [ viol]. The supposition that the early [ Romance] vidula was adopted independently in more than one [Teutonic language] would account adequately for all the [Teutonic] forms; on the other hand, *fiÞulôn- may be an [ Old Teutonic] word of native etymology, although no satisfactory [Teutonic] derivation has been found." Donegal fiddling from the northwest in Ulster, which features mazurkas and a Scottish-influenced repertoire including Strathspey and Highland Fling dances. Fiddlers tend to play fast and make heavy use of staccato bowing and may from time to time "play the bass", meaning a second fiddler may play a melody an octave below where a first fiddler is playing it. Kae, Helen. "Theatre Review: Fiddler On The Roof", Jerusalem Post, 2008, accessed July 26, 2015; Izso, Lauren. "L'Chaim! Fiddler on the Roof to return to Broadway", Jerusalem Post, March 10, 2014, accessed July 26, 2015

The original Australian production opened on June 16, 1967, at Her Majesty's Theatre in Sydney. It starred Hayes Gordon as Tevye and Brigid Lenihan as Golde. [50] The production ran for two years. [51] The first professional revival tour was staged by the Australian Opera in 1984 with Gordon again playing Tevye. A young Anthony Warlow played Fyedka. [52] Gyles, Mary Francis (January 1947). "Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned". The Classical Journal. 42 (4): 211–17. JSTOR 3291751.

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Fierberg, Ruthie. "Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof Will Transfer to Off-Broadway's Stage 42", Playbill, November 14, 2018, accessed January 14, 2019

The 2004 revival featured a song for Yente and some women of the village (Rivka and Mirala) titled "Topsy Turvy", discussing the disappearing role of the matchmaker in society. The number replaced "The Rumor/I Just Heard". Fleming, Mike, Jr. ""MGM Taps Hamilton Director Thomas Kail for Movie Adaptation of Iconic Fiddler on the Roof", Deadline.com, May 28, 2020 Sobel, Robert. "For Eydie and Steve, It's Fun and Songs – Marriage Style", Billboard, October 15, 1966, p. 18, accessed October 28, 2016 Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof star Theodore Bikel dead at 91". Toronto Sun . Retrieved September 27, 2020. The culinary procedures on board sailing ships don't offer much of an explanation either. The idea that sailors' plates had raised edges and that these were called fiddles is quite incorrect. There were fiddles in sailing ships' galleys but those were arrangements of small posts and strings arranged around the edges of tables that were used to stop plates falling on the floor in rough weather.Finnskogen, using the standard fiddle, but featuring some flatted notes influenced by Finnish folk music. The musical was an international hit, with early productions playing throughout Europe, in South America, Africa and Australia; 100 different productions were mounted in the former West Germany in the first three decades after the musical's premiere, and within five years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, 23 productions were staged in the former East Germany; and it was the longest-running musical ever seen in Tokyo. [68] According to BroadwayWorld, the musical has been staged "in every metropolitan city in the world from Paris to Beijing." [69] To a greater extent than classical violin playing, fiddle playing is characterized by a huge variety of ethnic or folk music traditions, each of which has its own distinctive sound. Cheryl Crawford / Equity Liberty Theatre / Barry Manilow / National Theatre of the Deaf / Diana Ross / Lily Tomlin (1977) Broadway references have included Spamalot, where a "Grail dance" sends up the "bottle dance" in Fiddler 's wedding scene. [96] In 2001, Chicago's Improv Olympic produced a well-received parody, "The Roof Is on Fiddler", that used most of the original book of the musical but replaced the songs with 1980s pop songs. [97] In 2004 the original Broadway cast of the musical Avenue Q and the Broadway 2004 revival cast of Fiddler on the Roof collaborated for a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit and produced an approximately 10-minute-long show, "Avenue Jew", that incorporated characters from both shows, including puppets. The song "Sunrise, Sunset" appears in the direct-to-video animated Disney film " The Lion King 1½". [ citation needed] Covers [ edit ]