Transcript Webber and Sondheim notes

Andrew Lloyd Webber
and Stephen Sondheim
Musical Composers
Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Born in 1948 in London
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Parents were both very musically talented
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Met music producer TIM RICE at college he became the lyricist for many of
Webber’s musicals
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats, Phantom of the Opera,
Jesus Christ Superstar
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Famous for ROCK OPERAS
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*Worksheet for Phantom of the Opera
“Memory” from Cats
“Music of the Night” from Phantom
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPEpt051xyM
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*Watch first half
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77umP7IRxD4
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*Watch entire video
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JaeBxYCI9k
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Phantom main theme (entire video)
Stephen Sondheim
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Born in 1930 in NYC
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Master lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II was his mentor
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Sondheim's contributions to West Side Story and Gypsy in the 1950s brought him
recognition as a rising star of Broadway
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the
Park With George and Into the Woods
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An acquaintance with director Arthur Laurents brought Sondheim into contact
with composer Leonard Bernstein and choreographer Jerome Robbins, who were
looking for a lyricist for a contemporary musical adaptation
of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Writing the song lyrics for West Side Story,
which opened in 1957, Sondheim thus became part of one of Broadway's most
successful productions of all time.
“Tonight” and “America” from West Side
Story
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Watch Prologue from WSS
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0oeZK2uB70
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl-zFy7VVUY
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*Fill out West Side Story chart
(Start at 1:25)
“Prologue” from Into the Woods
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y4j-KDGCUc
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*Fill out story chart for Into the Woods
Conversation with Sondheim
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Candid conversation with Sondheim—7 minutes
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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=musical%20theatre%20histor
y%20for%20kids
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUN_MTChn5M
Backup plans!
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Entire plot of West Side Story
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Entire plot of Into the Woods
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Listen to music from all musicals, with no video
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Jesus Christ Superstar, Into the Woods, West Side Story, Company, Cats,
Phantom, etc.