TY  - BOOK
AU  - Horowitz,Mark Eden
AU  - Sondheim,Stephen
TI  - Sondheim on music: minor details and major decisions
SN  - 9780810874367 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - ML410.S6872 H67 2010
U1  - 782.14092 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Scarecrow Press in association with the Library of Congress
KW  - Sondheim, Stephen
KW  - Musicals
KW  - United States
KW  - Analysis, appreciation
KW  - Local
KW  - Composers
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -