Sondheim, Stephen, 1930-2021
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Stephen Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. Sondheim started his theatre career by writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959) before becoming a composer and lyricist. Sondheim's best-known works include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987).
Sondheim's accolades include eight Tony Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Tony in 2008), an Academy Award, eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has a theater named for him both on Broadway and in the West End of London. Sondheim wrote film music.
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creatorOf | Alan Fluck collection. Correspondence. Pace-Young, 1953-1994 | British Library | |
creatorOf | Alan Fluck collection. Scores, copies. Josephs-Williamson , 1963-1979 | British Library | |
referencedIn | Aldrich, Larry. Larry Aldrich papers, 1957-1964. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
referencedIn | Alix Jeffry photographs | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
referencedIn | Ambassador Auditorium Collection, 1974-1995 | Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries | |
referencedIn | Anka, Paul. Musicians Collection, 1727-1981, (bulk 1900-1940). | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
referencedIn | Arthur Laurents Papers, circa 1900-2011, (bulk 1960-2011) | Library of Congress. Music Division | |
referencedIn | Atkins, Irene Kahn, 1922-. Major figures in American music [S-Z] : [oral history]. | Yale University Library | |
referencedIn | Ben Shaktman Papers, 1949-2009 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
creatorOf | Bennett, Michael, 1943 Apr. 8-1987. Musical comedies. Company. [Programs] | New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection |
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referencedIn | Video Recording of President William Jefferson Clinton at the Presentation of the Arts and Humanities Awards | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum |
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associatedWith | Aldrich, Larry |
associatedWith | Aldrich, Larry. |
associatedWith | American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, Mass.). |
associatedWith | Aristophanes. |
associatedWith | Bergman, Ingmar, 1918-2007. |
associatedWith | Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. |
associatedWith | Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 |
associatedWith | Bond, C. G. (Christopher Godfrey), 1945- |
associatedWith | Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865 |
associatedWith | Brisson, Frederick, 1912-1984 |
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Birth 1930-03-22
Death 2021-11-26
Americans
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