Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1900, November 25 | Born in Brooklyn, New York |
| circa 1908-1914 | Teaches himself piano and harmonica |
| circa 1914 | Accompanies silent films at a Flatbush theater |
| circa 1920 | Earns B.A. from New York University |
| early 1920s | Teaches English in New York school system |
| 1923 | Earns law degree from Columbia University Publishes first song, "Baltimore, MD, You're the Only Doctor for Me" |
| 1924, summer | Serves as camp counselor in the Adirondacks, where he meets Lorenz Hart Collaborates with Hart on camp songs |
| 1924-1929 | Practices law |
| 1926, June 15 | Musical revue, Grand Street Follies, opens off-Broadway (with Schwartz songs) |
| circa 1928 | Meets Howard Dietz |
| 1929, April 30 | Musical revue, The Little Show, opens on Broadway (Dietz and Schwartz) |
| 1930, September 2 | Musical revue, The Second Little Show, opens on Broadway (Dietz and Schwartz) |
| 1930, October 15 | Musical revue, Three's a Crowd, opens on Broadway (Dietz and Schwartz) |
| 1931, June 3 | Musical revue, The Band Wagon, opens on Broadway (Dietz and Schwartz) |
| 1932, September 15 | Musical revue, Flying Colors, opens on Broadway (Dietz and Schwartz) |
| 1934, November 28 | Musical, Revenge with Music, opens on Broadway (Dietz and Schwartz) |
| 1934 | Marries Katherine Carrington (died 1954) |
| 1934-1935 | Schwartz and Dietz write songs for NBC radio program The Gibson Family |
| 1935, September 15 | Musical revue, At Home Abroad, opens on Broadway (Dietz and Schwartz) |
| 1936, December 25 | Musical revue, The Show is On, opens on Broadway (additional songs by Dietz and Schwartz) |
| 1937, September 2 | Musical, Virginia, opens on Broadway (Stillman and Schwartz) |
| 1937, December 2 | Musical, Between the Devil, opens on Broadway (Dietz and Schwartz) |
| 1938, June 30 | Son Jonathan Schwartz born |
| 1939, February 9 | Musical, Stars in Your Eyes, opens on Broadway (Fields and Schwartz) |
| 1942, August 17 | Film musical, Cairo, releases (Harburg and Schwartz) |
| 1943, September 25 | Film musical, Thank Your Lucky Stars, releases (Schwartz songs) |
| 1944, March 30 | Film musical, Cover Girl, releases (produced by Schwartz) |
| 1944 | Earns Academy Award nomination for best song for "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" from Thank Your Lucky Stars |
| 1946, August 3 | Film musical, Night and Day, releases (produced by Schwartz) |
| 1946, November 4 | Musical, Park Avenue, opens on Broadway (Schwartz and Ira Gershwin) |
| 1946, December 28 | Film musical, The Time, The Place and the Girl, releases |
| 1947 | Earns Academy Award nomination for best song for "A Gal in Calico" from The Time, The Place and the Girl |
| 1948, April 30 | Musical revue, Inside U.S.A., opens on Broadway (Dietz and Schwartz) |
| 1949 | Produces three episodes of television series Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet |
| 1951, April 19 | Musical, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, opens on Broadway (Fields and Schwartz) |
| 1953, July 3 | Film musical, Dangerous When Wet, releases (with Schwartz song) |
| 1953, August 7 | Film musical, The Band Wagon, releases |
| 1954, April 8 | Musical, By the Beautiful Sea, opens on Broadway (Fields and Schwartz) |
| 1955, June 15 | Marries Mary Grey (died 1994) |
| 1956, March 10 | Television musical, High Tor, airs on Ford Star Jubilee (produced and with songs composed by Schwartz) |
| 1956, June 2 | Television musical, A Bell for Adano, airs on Ford Star Jubilee (produced and with songs composed by Schwartz) |
| 1956, August 20 | Son Paul Schwartz born |
| 1958-1983 | Serves as director for ASCAP |
| 1961, November 18 | Musical, The Gay Life, opens on Broadway (Dietz and Schwartz) |
| 1963, October 17 | Musical, Jennie, opens on Broadway (Dietz and Schwartz) |
| 1967-1970 | Serves on Dramatist Guild governing board |
| 1969 | Moves to England Becomes Dramatist Guild London representative |
| 1969-1981 | Lives in England, but spends more time in the U.S. over the last three years |
| 1972 | Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame Performance of That's Entertainment, a revue of Schwartz songs, at the Edison Theater |
| 1979 | Performance of Dancing in the Dark, a retrospective of Schwartz songs, at the Manhattan Theater Club |
| 1981 | Inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame |
| early 1984 | Receives ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award for lifetime achievement in musical theater |
| 1984, September 3 | Dies in Kintnersville, Pennsylvania |