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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 Sondheim: "Now" from A Little Night Music [15] Stephen Sondheim: "The Worst Pies In London" [30] and "A Little Priest" [31] from Sweeney Todd; Stephen Sondheim: "Putting It Together" from Sunday in the Park with George [32] Stephen Sondheim: "Mr. Goldstone, I Love You" from Gypsy [30] Stephen Sondheim: "Your Fault" from Into the Woods [33]
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 ...
Sondheim was born on March 22, 1930, into a Jewish family in New York City, the son of Etta Janet ("Foxy"; née Fox; 1897–1992) and Herbert Sondheim (1895–1966). His paternal grandparents, Isaac and Rosa, were German Jews, and his maternal grandparents, Joseph and Bessie, were Lithuanian Jews from Vilnius. [7]
West Side Story is the soundtrack album to the 1961 film West Side Story, featuring music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.Released in 1961, the soundtrack spent 54 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard ' s stereo albums charts, giving it the longest run at No. 1 of any album in history, [2] although some lists instead credit Michael Jackson's Thriller, on the grounds that this run ...
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 ...
Composer Stephen Sondheim, famous for works like 'Sweeney Todd' and 'West Side Story,' died in his home in Connecticut at age 91.