Finishing the hat : collected lyrics (1954-1981) with attendant comments, principles, heresies, grudges, whines and anecdotes / Stephen Sondheim.
Sondheim, Stephen.
2010
ML54.6.S69 S66 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Finishing the hat : collected lyrics (1954-1981) with attendant comments, principles, heresies, grudges, whines and anecdotes / Stephen Sondheim.
Author Sondheim, Stephen.
Uniform Title Songs. Selections. Texts
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780679439073
0679439072
Publication Details New York : Knopf, 2010.
Language English
Description xxvii, 445 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Call Number ML54.6.S69 S66 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 782.1/40268
Summary Stephen Sondheim has won seven Tonys, an Academy Award, seven Grammys, a Pulitzer Prize and the Kennedy Center Honors. His lyrics have become synonymous with musical theater and popular culture, and here Sondheim has not only collected his lyrics for the first time, he is giving readers a rare personal look into his life as well as his remarkable productions. Along with the lyrics for all of his musicals from 1954 to 1981--including West Side Story, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd--Sondheim treats us to never-before-published songs cut or discarded from each show. He discusses his relationship with his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II, and his collaborations with extraordinary talents from Leonard Bernstein to Angela Lansbury. The anecdotes--filled with pointed observations and intimate details--transport us back to a time when theater was a major pillar of American culture. Best of all, Sondheim offers unparalleled insights into songwriting.--From publisher description.
Note Includes indexes.
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Rhyme and its reasons
Saturday night
West side story
Gypsy
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
Anyone can whistle
Do I hear a waltz?
Company
Follies
A little night music
The frogs
Pacific overtures
Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street
Merrily we roll along.

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