MUSIC 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, 3 Women, Chameleon
24 Mar 2017
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What do we already know about sondheim: composer lyricist, hammerstein was his mentor, lyricist for west side story (1957), gypsy (1959, composer was jule styne), Saturday night (1954) both music and lyrics to his name but producer died right before. At the age of 15, sondheim wrote his first show, by george! Hammerstein was sondheim"s teacher, mentor, and surrogate father: hammerstein was born into privileged family while sondheim was born into broken family. 1) turn a play you admire into a musical: beggar on horseback by george s. kaufman and marc connelly (all that glitters) 2) turned a flawed play into a musical: high tor by maxwell anderson. 3) 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. 4) write an original musical: climb high. Saturday night (music + lyrics, shelved before reaching broadway) Hammerstein dies: sound of music is hammerstein"s last show, edelweiss is last song.
