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Sunday In The Park With George (Album) by Stephen Sondheim

Artist Biography For Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim Born March 22 1930 In New York City Died November 26th 2021 Was A Composer And Lyricist For Stage And Screen. He Is One Of The Few People To Win An Academy Award Multiple Tony Awards Multiple Grammy Awards And A Pulitzer Prize. Sondheim Has Been Writing For The American Musical Theatre For The Past Four Decades. His Breakthrough Musical Company Revolutionized The Art Form. He Is Considered By Many To Be The Finest Living Composer Of Our Time. His Scores Include Passion Assassins Bounce Into The Woods Sunday In The Park With George Merrily We Roll Along Sweeney Todd Pacific Overtures A Little Night Music Follies Company The Frogs Anyone Can Whistle And A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum As Well As The Lyrics For Gypsy And West Side Story. He Studied Composition With The Legendary Avant-Garde Composer Milton Babbitt. Sondheim Says That When He Asked Babbitt If He Could Study Atonality Babbitt Replied "You Haven’t Exhausted Tonal Resources For Yourself Yet So I’m Not Going To Teach You Atonal." Sondheim Agreed And Despite Frequent Dissonance And A Highly Chromatic Style His Music Remains Resolutely Tonal. A Notable Aspect Of Sondheim's Songwriting Is The Use Of Complex And Innovative Rhyme Patterns That "delight The Ear."

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