Sondheim on Music Minor Details and Major Decisions

by Horowitz, Mark Eden

• ISBN13: 9780810874367
• ISBN10: 0810874369
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-20
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

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 Songlisting and Discography.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
The Interviews	p. 1
Passion	p. 3
Assassins	p. 57
Into the Woods	p. 81
Sunday in the Park with George	p. 91
Interlude	p. 119
Sweeney Todd	p. 125
Pacific Overtures	p. 155
Finale	p. 165
Bounce (pre-Road Show)	p. 169
Encore	p. 187
Songs I Wish I'd Written (At Least in Part)	p. 245
Song Listing, Discography, and Publishing Information	p. 255
Explanatory Notes	p. 257
Song Listing	p. 263
Primary Sondheim Recordings	p. 485
Music Acknowledgments	p. 551
Index	p. 555
About the Author	p. 567
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