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Stephen Sondheim is an influential composer and lyricist known for musicals like Sweeney Todd. The document discusses his childhood, influences like Oscar Hammerstein, and education at Williams College. It then outlines his major musicals like Sweeney Todd and principles for lyric writing, emphasizing that content dictates form, less is more, and details are important for clarity.

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Stephen Sondheim Powerpoint

Stephen Sondheim is an influential composer and lyricist known for musicals like Sweeney Todd. The document discusses his childhood, influences like Oscar Hammerstein, and education at Williams College. It then outlines his major musicals like Sweeney Todd and principles for lyric writing, emphasizing that content dictates form, less is more, and details are important for clarity.

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Stephen

Sondheim’s
•
Index
• Stephen Sondheim
• His Musical timeline
• Sweeney Todd, where it all
started
• But WHY for God’s sake
• I’ts all about the details
Stephen
Sondheim
• Childhood
• Oscar Hammerstein
• Williams College

“You think it’s a talent, you think you


are born with it.
What I found out and what I believed is
that everybody
is talented. It’s just that some people
get it developed
His Musical
timeline
Sweeney Todd;
where it all started
• Literature
• On Stage
But WHY for
god’s sake?
• When 2 passions meet:
Filmmusic & Musictheatre
• Making a movie for the stage:
Music & Lyrics
It’s all about the
• details...
Three principles for a lyricst:
1. Content dictates form
2. Less is more
3. God is in the details
• All in function of clarity

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