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
Catalog Record
15308327
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ef0x-tc54
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.