Horowitz, Mark Eden.

Sondheim on music minor details and major decisions Mark Eden Horowitz. - 2nd ed. - Lanham, Md. Scarecrow Press in association with the Library of Congress 2010. - xvi, 568 p. ill., music 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. The interviews -- 1. Passion -- 2. Assassins -- 3. Into the woods -- 4. Sunday in the park with George -- 5. Interlude -- 6. Sweeney Todd -- 7. Pacific overtures -- 8. Finale -- 9. Bounce (pre-Road show) -- 10. Encore -- Part II. Songs I wish I'd written (at least in part) -- Part III. Song listing, discography, and publishing information.

This volume focuses on a set of interviews that the author conducted with American composer and lyricist for stage and film, Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930). Sondheim is widely regarded as the most important composer and lyricist of musical theater in the second half of the 20th century. He discusses the art of musical composition, lyric writing, the collaborative process of musical theater, and what he thinks about his own work.

9780810874367 (cloth : alk. paper) 0810874369 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Sondheim, Stephen--Criticism and interpretation.
Sondheim, Stephen--Interviews.


Musicals--Analysis, appreciation.--United States
Composers--United States.

ML410.S6872 / H67 2010

782.14092 / H8166s2