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Finishing the Hat

Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes

Finishing the Hat( )
Author: Sondheim, Stephen
ISBN:978-0-679-43907-3
Publication Date:Oct 2010
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Knopf
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $60.00
Book Description:

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * Titled after perhaps Stephen Sondheim's most autobiographical song, from Sunday in the Park with George--Finishing the Hat not only collects his lyrics for the first time, it offers readers a rare personal look into his life as well as his remarkable productions.  Stephen Sondheim's career spanned more than half a century; his lyrics are synonymous with musical theater and popular...
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Book Details
Pages:480
Detailed Subjects: Music / Printed Music / Musicals, Film & Tv
Music / Lyrics
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.37 x 11.14 x 1.21 Inches
Book Weight:3.775 Pounds
Author Biography
Sondheim, Stephen (Author)
Stephen Sondheim was born in New York and studied music at Williams College, where he wrote the lyrics and music for two college shows. Sondheim also studied at Princeton University with Milton Babbit. He received recognition for writing lyrics for Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story (1957) and success as a lyricist-composer with A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962). However, his next musical, Anyone Can Whistle (1964), was unsuccessful. The production of Company (1970) again established Sondheim as a major composer and lyricist on Broadway. Sondheim's other productions include Follies (1971); A Little Night Music (1973), wherein its leading song, "Send in the Clowns," was awarded a Grammy in 1976; and Sunday in the Park with George (1983), a musical inspired by George Seurat's famous painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte." He has won him three Tony Awards, a Grammy Award, the New York Drama Critics Circle Best Musical Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.

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