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AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann

Though it ran over 14 months on Broadway in 1970-72, The Rothschilds, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's final musical, suffered in comparison to the team's longest running show, Fiddler On The Roof. The comparison was inescapable: Fiddler was about a poor Jewish-Russian milkman of the early 20th century and his five daughters; The Rothschilds was about a rich Jewish-German banker of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and his five sons. But whereas the former was a sentimental tragedy depicting the destruction of tradition through the marriages of the daughters, the latter was a story of historical triumph depicting the rise of the most successful Jewish family in European history. If The Rothschilds had an inspiring tale to tell, it was also one that was emotionally less involving, a problem exacerbated by a structural difficulty: In an attempt to inject feeling into the show, much of the second act was given over to a romantic sub-plot involving one of the sons that only distracted attention from the main plot. Necessarily, Bock's music, steeped in period styles, and Harnick's lyrics were less universal than those of some of the Fiddler songs. In a sense, The Rothschilds told what would have happened if Fiddler's Tevye really had been a rich man, as he sang, but the fantasy turned out to be more interesting.

Nevertheless, such songs as "He Tossed A Coin," "Sons," "Rothschild And Sons," and "In My Own Lifetime" were among the songwriters' best accomplishments, even if it was hard to imagine any of them being performed outside the show.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
The Rothchilds, musical
1	Overture Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: The Orchestra	03:18	Amazon
2	Pleasure and Privilege Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Keene Curtis / Jonathan Peck	03:05	Amazon
3	One Room Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Hal Linden / Leila Martin	02:23	Amazon
4	He Tossed A Coin Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Kenneth Bridges / Hal Linden / Jonathan Peck / Thomas Trelfa	05:20	Amazon
5	Sons Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Robby Benson / Lee Franklin / Hal Linden / Michael Maitland / Leila Martin / Mitchell Spera	06:28	Amazon
6	Everything Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: David Garfield / Allan Gruet / Paul Hecht / Timothy Jerome / Leila Martin / Jonathan Peck / Chris Sarandon	04:14	Amazon
7	Rothschild And Sons Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: David Garfield / Allan Gruet / Paul Hecht / Timothy Jerome / Hal Linden / Chris Sarandon	01:46	Amazon
8	Allons! Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Keene Curtis	03:30	Amazon
9	Rothschild And Sons (Reprise) Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: David Garfield / Allan Gruet / Paul Hecht / Timothy Jerome / Hal Linden / Chris Sarandon	00:46	Amazon
10	Finale To Act 1: Sons (Reprise) Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: David Garfield / Allan Gruet / Paul Hecht / Timothy Jerome / Hal Linden / Leila Martin / Chris Sarandon	03:05	Amazon
11	Act 2 Opening (part 1): Give England Strength Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Keene Curtis	00:48	Amazon
12	Act 2 Opening (part 2): This Amazing London Town Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Paul Hecht	01:07	Amazon
13	Act 2 Opening (part 3): They Say Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Paul Tracey	02:34	Amazon
14	I'm In Love! I'm In Love Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Paul Hecht	01:36	Amazon
15	I'm In Love! I'm In Love (Reprise) Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Jill Clayburgh / Paul Hecht	00:57	Amazon
16	In My Own Lifetime Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Hal Linden	02:26	Amazon
17	Have You Ever Seen A Prettier Little Congress?/Stability Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Keene Curtis	03:19	Amazon
18	Bonds Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Keene Curtis / David Garfield / Allan Gruet / Paul Hecht / Timothy Jerome / Chris Sarandon	02:40	Amazon
19	Finale: The Will Jerry Bock / Sheldon Harnick	Original Broadway Cast feat: Hal Linden	00:49	Amazon

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