Sondheim on music : minor details and major decisions / Mark Eden Horowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horowitz, Mark Eden.

Contributor:

Sondheim, Stephen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musicals--United States--Analysis, appreciation.

Musicals.

Composers--United States--Interviews.

Composers.

Sondheim, Stephen--Criticism and interpretation.

Sondheim, Stephen.

Sondheim, Stephen--Interviews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (585 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press in association with the Library of Congress, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sondheim on Music presents transcripts of interviews with the most important Broadway composer and lyricist of our time, focusing on his compositional processes. This new edition features an additional chapter on his show Bounce, and a chapter that covers his entire career, including several shows that were not discussed in the first edition. In addition to Sondheim's list of ""Songs I Wish I'd Written,"" there is also a greatly expanded Songlist

Contents:

Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: THE INTERVIEWS; Chapter 01. Passion; Chapter 02. Assassins; Chapter 03. Into the Woods; Chapter 04. Sunday in the Park with George; Chapter 05. Interlude; Chapter 06. Sweeney Todd; Chapter 07. Pacific Overtures; Chapter 08. Finale; Chapter 09. Bounce (pre-Road Show); Chapter 10. Encore; Part II: SONGS I WISH I'D WRITTEN (AT LEAST IN PART); Part III: SONG LISTING, DISCOGRAPHY AND PUBLISHING INFORMATION; Explanatory Notes; Song Listing; Primary Sondheim Recordings; Music Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9798765185766

1-282-82032-X

9786612820328

0-8108-7437-7

OCLC:

759839352