Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied pia… Read Full Bio ↴Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama.

Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as a producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began to work in the Broadway theatre. His first major credit was the title song for the play Butterflies Are Free; the song was eventually used in the movie version as well.

In 1971, he wrote the music and new lyrics for Godspell, for which he won several awards including two Grammys. This was followed by the English texts, in collaboration with Leonard Bernstein, for Bernstein's Mass, which opened the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

The following year, he wrote the music and lyrics for Pippin and two years later, The Magic Show. Next were the music and lyrics for The Baker's Wife, which closed before reaching Broadway after a disastrous out-of-town tryout tour in 1976. However, the cast album went on to attain cult status, leading to several subsequent productions, including a London revival directed by Trevor Nunn in 1988.

Mr. Schwartz's next Broadway project was a musical version of Studs Terkel's Working, which he adapted and directed, winning the Drama Desk Award as best director, and contributed four songs to the score. He also co-directed the television production, which was presented as part of the PBS "American Playhouse" series.

Next came songs for a one-act musical for children, The Trip, and a children's book, The Perfect Peach. He then wrote music for three of the songs of an Off-Broadway revue, Personals, and lyrics to Charles Strouse's music for Rags.

In 1991, Mr. Schwartz wrote the music and lyrics for the popular Children of Eden, book by John Caird. He then began working in film, collaborating with composer Alan Menken on the scores for the Disney animated features Pocahontas, for which he received two Academy Awards, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He also provided songs for DreamWorks' first animated feature, The Prince of Egypt, for which he won another Academy Award for the song When You Believe. Mr. Schwartz provided music and lyrics for the original television musical, Geppetto, seen on The Wonderful World of Disney.

In 2003, Schwartz returned to Broadway in earnest, as composer and lyricist for Wicked, a musical based on Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which uses L. Frank Baum's Oz characters as a base for a tale of two witches. Schwartz won a Grammy Award for his work as composer/lyricist and producer of Wicked's cast recording.

Ironically, Schwartz has won every major award in his field (3 Oscars, 4 Grammys, 3 Drama Desk Awards and a self-described "tiny handful of tennis trophies") except the Tony Award, which his scores have been nominated for numerous times but have never won.
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Stephen Schwartz Lyrics


A Sentimental Man WIZARD I am a sentimental man Who always longed to be a…
Alas for You Alas alas for you Lawyers and pharisees Hypocrits that you b…
All for the Best (Jesus) When you feel sad, or under a curse Your life is…
All Good Gifts We plow the fields and scatter The good seed on the…
All the Livelong Day / Hey Somebody WOMAN I hear America singing... MAN (spoken) God, is i…
Beautiful City Come sing me sweet rejoicing Come sing me love We're not afr…
Bless the Lord ( JoAnna's song...Oh Bless The Lord my soul) Oh bless the…
By My Side Where are you going? Where are you going? Can you take me…
Dancing Through Life Fiyero The trouble with schools is They always try to teach …
Day by Day (Robin) Day by day, Day by day, Oh, dear Lord, three things …
Dear Old Shiz PERSON IN CROWD: (spoken) Glinda-Is it true? You were her fr…
Defying Gravity GLINDA:(spoken) Elphaba, why could't you have stayed calm fo…
Dreamscape [Verse 1] I am dreaming Of a riverbank Mist enshrouds the fa…



Finale Oh God, I'm bleeding Oh God, I'm bleeding Oh God, you're ble…
For Good Schwartz Stephen Miscellaneous For Good (Elphaba) I'm lim…
Forgiveness Embrace I have served a full life sentence As a prisoner…
Forgiveness' Embrace I have served a full life sentence As a prisoner of…
Frei und schwerelos Elphaba, hättest du dich nicht ausnahmsweise mal beherrschen…
Glory Battles, Barbarous, and Bloody Glory!Glory! Glory!Glory!…
Good That hatchet-faced hag who's pointing at me With a sneer I d…
I Guess I'll Miss the Man I guess I'll miss the man Explain it if you can His…
I'm Just Movin' BABE You got your green grapes -- forty-twenty-two And you…
I'm Not That Girl ELPHABA Hands touch, eyes meet Sudden silence, sudden heat H…
In Whatever Time We Have IN WHATEVER TIME WE HAVE In whatever time we have For as…
Keiner weint um Hexen Wie gut! Sie starb! Die hexe des Westens starb! Die boseste …
Learn Your Lessons Well I can see a swath of sinners settin' yonder And they're…
Light of the World You are the light of the world You are the light…
Magic to Do Schwartz Stephen Pippin Magic to Do Join us, leave your fiel…
March of the Witch Hunters OZIANS Go and hunt her And find her And kill her VICIOUS WO…
Meadowlark When I was a girl, I had a favourite story Of…
Millwork Now my grandfather was a sailor, He blew in off the…
No Good Deed Elphaba Fiyero! Eleka nahmen nahmen Ah tum …
No One Mourns the Wicked CITIZENS OF OZ: Good news! She's dead! The Witch of the West…
On The Willows On the willows, there We hung up our lyres For our captors…
One Short Day ELPHABA (spoken) Come with me. To the Emerald City. In t…
Popular (Spoken) Elphie, now that we′re friends, I've decided to mak…
Prepare Ye Prepare ye, the way of the Lord Prepare ye, the way…
Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord Schwartz Stephen Godspell Prepare Ye, The Way Of The Lord Pr…
Save the People When wilt thou save the people, Oh, God of Mercy, when? The…
Simple Joys Sweet summer evenings Hot wine and bread Sharing your supp…
Something Bad DOCTOR DILLAMOND (spoken) Oh, Miss Elphaba - The things one …
Thank Goodness CITIZENS OF OZ Ev'ry day, more wicked! Ev'ry day, the terror…
The Hardest Part of Love Oh, this son of mine I love so well, and…
The Plagues And once again you are the only one you see Here…
The Wizard and I Madame Morrible Oh, Miss Elphaba... M…
Turn Back O Man Turn back, O man Forswear thy foolish ways Old now is eart…
Turn Back Old Man Turn back, O man Forswear thy foolish ways Old now is earth …
War is a Science [CHARLES] War is a science With rules to be applied Which…
We Beseech Thee Father, hear Thy children's call Humbly at Thy feet we fall…
What Is This Feeling? GALINDA ''(spoken)'': Dearest and darling-est momsie and pop…
Wicked No one mourns the wicked! No one cries: "They won't return!"…
Wonderful I never asked for this, or planned it in advance. I was…


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