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Pages in category "Songs written by Stephen Sondheim" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Stephen Sondheim circa 1970. Stephen Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist whose most acclaimed works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987).
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ ˈ s ɒ n d h aɪ m /; March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. [1]
In his 91-year life, prolific composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim crafted some of Broadway’s most iconic tunes. From “West Side Story” to “Into the Woods,” his music has stood the ...
"Send In the Clowns" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night.It is a ballad from Act Two, in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life.
Stephen Sondheim: Book: Revue: Productions: 1976 West End 1977 Broadway ... Side by Side by Sondheim is a musical revue featuring the songs of composer Stephen Sondheim.
Sunday in the Park with George is a 1984 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It was inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat's painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (painted, 1884–1886). The plot revolves around George, a fictionalized version of Seurat, who ...
"Getting Married Today" was conceived as "Sondheim's psychotic notion of a patter song" [4] to simulate the sensation of having a mental breakdown through verbal diarrhea and constantly changing the subject mid-sentence. Stephen Sondheim gave a masterclass on some of his songs, including this one, at London's Guildhall School. [5]