| Title: |
Reminiscences of Stephen Sondheim
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A152
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
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.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 172 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1982 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Sondheim, Stephen, 1930-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1930
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| Speaker occupation: |
Composer; Lyricist
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| Age at speaking: |
52
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| Document date: |
1982
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| Interviewer: |
Daum, Raymond L.
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Composers; Composition (Music); Theater--Production and direction
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Hammerstein, Oscar, 1895-1960; Music, Popular (Songs, etc)--Writing and publishing; Musical criticism; Musical revue, comedy, etc; Sondheim, Stephen, 1930-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019371-14814
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