Name
Sondheim, Stephen (Interviewee)
Daum, Raymond L (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of Stephen Sondheim, 1982
Abstract
Family life, boarding school, Williams College; Westport Playhouse, apprenticeship; influence and friendship of Oscar Hammerstein; ALLEGRO; composing music for film: STAVISKY, directorial control; writing and production of SWEENEY TODD, SATURDAY NIGHT, WEST SIDE STORY, SHIELD; reflections on publicity, critics, audiences; work with Dramatists' Guild; songwriters; impressions of Lemuel Ayers, Harold Prince, Alain Resnais
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Composers; Theater--Production and direction; Musicals; Composition (Music); Musical criticism; Popular music--Writing and publishing; Sondheim, Stephen; Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1982
Physical Description
172 pages
Note (Biographical)
Composer; lyricist
Note
Interviewed by Raymond L. Daum
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
15308327
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ef0x-tc54
Related URLs
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