Editing Otto Harbach (section)

==Impact and legacy==
Harbach was one of the most prolific Broadway lyricist/librettists of the early 20th century.<ref name="ewen-story">{{cite book |page= 29 |title= The Story of America's Musical Theater |author= Ewen, David |year=1961 |publisher= Chilton Company |location= Philadelphia}}</ref>  He collaborated as lyricist or librettist with many of the leading Broadway writers and composers of that era, including [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], [[Jerome Kern]], [[Louis Hirsch]], [[Herbert Stothart]], [[Vincent Youmans]], [[George Gershwin]], and [[Sigmund Romberg]].<ref name="hischak"/> He became a charter member of [[ASCAP]] in 1914, and he served as a director (1920–1963), vice president (1936–1940), and president (1950–1953).<ref name="songwriters-hall">{{cite web
 |url= https://www.songhall.org/profile/Otto_Harbach
 |title= Otto Harbach
 |website= Songwriters Hall of Fame
 |access-date=September 2, 2021}}</ref>
Harbach was also an inductee of the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]].<ref name="songwriters-hall"/>

Harbach died at his home in [[New York City]] on January 24, 1963, aged 89.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6pr818n|title=Harbach, Otto, 1873–1963 @ SNAC|website=snaccooperative.org|access-date=September 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name="oharbach-nytimes-obit">{{cite news |date=January 24, 1963 |title=OTTO HARBACH, 89, LIBRETTIST, DEAD |url= https://nyti.ms/3hPDetF |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 14, 2021}}</ref>