MUSIC 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Stephen Sondheim, George Furth, Boris Aronson
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Final exam: saturday, april 16, 7:30-10:00pm, mdcl 1305/1307. Sondheim and prince in the 1950s and 1960s. Company (1970: credits, characters, frame, musical examples and script excerpts, comment songs, pasiche songs, 11 o"clock spot numbers. By george! was sondheim"s irst show, writen at the age of 15. Hammerstein was sondheim"s teacher, mentor, and surrogate father. Turn a play you admire into a musical: beggar on horseback by george s. kaufman and. Turned a lawed play into a musical: high tor by maxwell anderson. Adapt a short story or novel (a non-theatrical form) for the musical stage: mary poppins, a series of children"s books by p. l. travers. Atended williams college, ma: when sondheim graduated, he received a cash award that he used to study music composiion with milton babbit. Saturday night (music + lyrics, shelved before reaching broadway) A funny thing happened on the way to the forum (music + lyrics) Do i hear a waltz? (lyrics only)
