| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 343 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The musical comes of age -- Something familiar?: A funny thing happened on the way to the forum and Anyone can whistle -- No one is alone?: Company -- Through the unknown, remembered gate": Follies -- "We are such stuff as dreams are made on": A little night music -- Is beauty truth, truth beauty?: Pacific overtures -- Grander than Guignol: Sweeney Todd -- A bumpy ride: Merrily we roll along -- The musical stops singing and finds its voice: Sunday in the park with George -- Sondheim isn't Grim: Into the woods |
| Summary |
"Tracing Sondheim's career from his initial success as lyricist for West side Story and Gypsy to the opening of Into the Woods, [the author] demonstrates that the value of Sondheim's work obviously lies in its seriousness of theme coupled with its disturbing content."--Front flap |
| Notes |
Cover title: Stephen Sondheim |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-334) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
|
English |
|
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sondheim, Stephen -- Criticism and interpretation
|
| SUBJECT |
Sondheim, Stephen fast |
|
Sondheim, Stephen 1930-2021 gnd |
|
Sondheim, Stephen. swd |
| Subject |
Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism
|
|
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
|
|
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Piano-Vocal-Guitar.
|
|
Musicals
|
|
United States
|
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
0585159807 |
|
9780585159805 |
|
080931407X |
|
9780809314072 |
|
