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Follies / Stephen Sondheim ; orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick ; edited by Jon Alan Conrad.
- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Sondheim, Stephen, composer, lyricist.
- Series:
- Recent researches in American Music ; v. 95-96.
- Music of the United States of America ; 34.
- Recent researches in Music Online. 2577-4573.
- Recent researches in Music Online, 2577-4573
- Recent researches in American music ; volumes 95-96
- Music of the United States of America ; volume 34
- Standardized Title:
- Follies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musicals--United States--20th century--Scores.
- Musicals.
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.).
- Theatrical companies--Drama.
- Theatrical companies.
- Genre:
- Musicals.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 score (xxxvi, 799 pages, 20 pages of plates)) : facsimiles.
- Place of Publication:
- Middleton, Wisconsin : Published for the American Musicological Society by A-R Editions, Inc., 2025.
- Language Note:
- English words.
- Staff notation.
- Summary:
- "Stephen Sondheim's musical Follies is set in 1971, the year of its creation, at a reunion of the (fictional) "Weismann Follies" on the eve of their theater's destruction. This scenario gives Sondheim, who wrote both music and lyrics, the opportunity to create what amounts to two interlocking scores. One explores the thoughts and interactions of the guests, the music often revealing the lies behind their words. The other, recalling the Follies performances of decades earlier, allows Sondheim to evoke the words and music of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and many other popular songwriters from the interwar period. The show culminates in a series of fantasy production numbers that unite past and present, displaying each of the four principals in his or her own "folly," using materials evocative of the past to suggest the pain behind popular entertainment and the dangers of nostalgia. Publishing the music in full score (a rarity for musicals) allows a full appreciation of both its detail and Jonathan Tunick's orchestrations." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Overture
- Beautiful girls
- Beautiful girls (Roscoe and Company)
- Beautiful girls (underscore)
- Don't look at me (verse)
- Who's that woman (underscore)
- Loveland (underscore)
- One more kiss (underscore)
- Don't look at me
- Ah, Paris! (underscore)
- Waiting for the girls upstairs
- Fox-trot (underscore)
- Montage
- The road you didn't take
- Ah, Paris! No. 2 (underscore)
- Beguine (underscore)
- Vincent and Vanessa
- In Buddy's eyes
- Who's that woman? (underscore)
- Who's that woman?
- Fanfare (underscore)
- Rain on the roof (underscore)
- I'm still here
- After I'm still here (underscore)
- Too many mornings
- The right girl
- One more kiss
- Could I leave you?
- Loveland
- You're gonna love tomorrow , Love will see us through
- Tomorrow-Exit
- Buddy's blues
- Losing my mind
- The story of Lucy and Jessie
- Live, laugh, love
- Finale-Chaos
- Finale-Addendum
- Curtain
- Bows
- Critical Report. The sources
- General editorial methods
- Critical commentary
- Appendix 1. Performance history of selected productions
- Appendix 2. Summary of recordings.
- Notes:
- Originally published as two volumes in the print version. Electronic version combines the two volumes into one.
- Includes introduction, program notes, biographical notes and critical reports in English.
- Originally composed in 1971.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 795-799) and discography (page 792-794).
- Online resource (A-R editions, viewed 6 April 2025).
- ISBN:
- 1-9872-0900-1
- OCLC:
- 1513506463
- Publisher Number:
- MU34 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)
- A095-96 A-R Editions, Inc. (score)
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