Music 2701A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, Williams College
10 Dec 2018
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Next to normal- stick with notes on owl "super boy and the invisible girl" Terms from west side story that were on the slides. *dates that shows premiered on broadway, years only. Did concept albums to gain popularity for songs before show opened. American composer and lyricist for stage and film. Described as the greatest and best known artist in american musical theatre. Parents were wealthy socialites with unhappy relationship, bitter divorce. Terrible relationship with his mother, not allowed to live with father. He didn"t go to his mothers funeral when she died. Attended prep school in pennsylvania after parents divorce, made good friends there. Did not go ivy league even though he had grades and money to do so. Graduated from williams college in music studied composition with milton babbitt, famous american modern composer. Friends with jimmy hammerstein, son of oscar hammerstein ii. Hammerstein taught him how to construct a show.
