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Sondheim's score was a mix of the traditional and the unconventional. In basic form and sound, the songs were written in the style of traditional Broadway show music of the 1950s (where Merrily's story "began") and earlier, a clear departure from the musical complexity of his previous work. But the score was also written to embody the show's ...
The Prince Estate, in partnership with Warner Records, presents Prince's timeless album '1999' - remastered for the very first time. The 1999 Super Deluxe Ed...
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Feb 26, 2024 · Stephen Sondheim, Hugh Wheeler, and Harold Prince create a stunning tour de force with Ingmar Bergman's comedy of manners, Smiles of a Summer Night, turning...
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Prince's greatest hits compilation '4Ever' (2016)💿 Order your copy here: https://lnk.to/Prince4EVERAlbum🎵 Download here: https://lnk.to/DownloadPrince4EVER...
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Jun 10, 2024 · Amna Nawaz: When Stephen Sondheim died in 2021, he was remembered as one of musical theater's all-time greats, creator of masterpieces like "Sweeney Todd" and "A Little Night Music."
Sep 29, 2022 · Stephen Sondheim read the plays and asked famed Broadway director Harold Prince for his thoughts. Prince had the idea to turn the plays into a musical, and he would go on to direct the original production of Company. Sondheim then realized that in all of the plays, there was one outsider character looking in on the action.
Sondheim sets up an abrasion between melody and lyrics and their dramatic context that forcefully points up the work's schizophrenic tone: the entire show pivots upon the distinct split between comedy and tragedy represented by the characters of Todd and Mrs. Lovett (so much so that the show ends up having a faintly Absurdist flavor), and so Sondheim's approach to each character's music was ...
