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Film, Video Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 8.

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Title

  • Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 8.

Summary

  • These interviews with Stephen Sondheim were conducted in his New York home for six-and-a-half hours over three days in 1997. With his music manuscripts at hand, they are a deep dive into his compositional process, though the conversation is wide-ranging, touching on many aspects of Sondheim's career and craft. These interviews focus particularly on his shows (working backward chronologically) "Passion", "Assassins", "Into the Woods", "Sunday in the Park with George", "Sweeney Todd", and "Pacific Overtures", though virtually all of his shows to date come up in conversation. Edited transcripts of the interviews were co-published by the Library under the title "Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions", wherein illustrations of most of the music examples being discussed appear. The interviews were conducted by Library of Congress senior music specialist, Mark Eden Horowitz.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Music Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1997-11-20.

Notes

  • -  Group name: A Conversation with Composer Stephen Sondheim. 7
  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Stephen Sondheim, Mark Horowitz.
  • -  Recorded on 1997-11-20.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024697850

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 8. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-20, 1997. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697850/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Music Division, S. B. (1997) Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 8. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-20. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697850/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Music Division. Conversation with Stephen Sondheim, Part 8. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -11-20, 1997. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2024697850/>.