SONDHEIM: A Magical Musical Life
STEPHEN SONDHEIM Tribute
by Dale Ricardo Shields
I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, and POEM
presented in this slide/video. Educational/Entertainment only.
[ NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. ]
In 2017 I won a Kennedy Center Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teaching Award. This is my way of saying thank you to this genius artist. Rest In Peace, Stephen Sondheim.
Cover Illustration by SAM KERR®
Tribute poem by Jason Marks
Betty Buckley
Boys Choir of Harlem
Michael Lerace
MUSIC:
Anyone Can Whistle: Anyone Can Whistle (Piano Accompaniment) · Michael Lerace
AMEB Musical Theatre Grade 2 (Piano Accompaniments)
℗ Ameb
Released on: 2015-11-15
Composer: Stephen Sondheim®
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Our Time (From "Merrily We Roll Along") / Children Will Listen (From "Into the Woods")
Artist
Boys Choir of Harlem; Betty Buckley
Licensed to YouTube by
SME (on behalf of RCA Victor); UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, Warner Chappell, PEDL, LatinAutorPerf, LatinAutor - Warner Chappell, and 2 Music Rights Societies
Our Time (From "Merrily We Roll Along") / Children Will Listen (From "Into the Woods")
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A Little Night Music: Overture and Night Waltz · Benjamin Rayson · Teri Ralston · Barbara Lang · Gene Varrone · Beth Fowler · Original Broadway Cast of A Little Night Music
A Little Night Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
℗ 1973 Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1998-11-01
Composer, Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim®
Orchestrator: Jonathan Tunick®
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Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), The Frogs (1974), Pacific Overtures (1976), Sweeney Todd (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods (1987), Assassins (1991), Passion (1994) and Road Show (2008), as well as lyrics for West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965) and additional lyrics for Candide (1973). Side by Side by Sondheim (1976), Marry Me A Little (1981), You're Gonna Love Tomorrow (1983), Putting It Together (1993/99), Moving On (2001) and Sondheim on Sondheim (2010) are anthologies of his work as composer and lyricist. For films, he composed the scores of Stavisky (1974) and co-composed Reds (1981) as well as songs for Dick Tracy (1990). He also wrote the songs for the television production Evening Primrose (1966), co-authored the film The Last of Sheila (1973) and the play Getting Away With Murder (1996), and provided incidental music for the plays The Girls of Summer (1956), Invitation to a March (1961), Twigs (1971) and The Enclave (1973). Saturday Night (1954), his first professional musical, finally had its New York premiere in 1999. Mr. Sondheim has received the Tony Award for Best Score/Music/Lyrics for Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, and Passion, all of which won the New York Drama Circle Award for Outstanding/Best Musical, as did Pacific Overtures and Sunday in the Park with George. In total, his works have accumulated more than sixty individual and collaborative Tony Awards. "Sooner Or Later" from the film, Dick Tracy won the 1999 Academy Award for Best Song. Mr. Sondheim received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1984 for Sunday in the Park with George. In 1983 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which awarded him the Gold Medal for Music in 2006. In 1990 he was appointed the first Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford University and was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award in the 1993 Kennedy Center Honors. Mr. Sondheim is on the Council of the Dramatists Guild, the national association of playwrights, composers, and lyricists, having served as its President from 1973 to 1981. In 1981 he founded Young Playwrights Inc. to develop and promote the work of American playwrights aged 18 years and younger. September 2010.
Copyright Disclaimer: I do NOT own this music or the images featured in the video. All rights belong to the rightful owners. No copyright infringement intended.
Music
SONG
Our Time (From "Merrily We Roll Along") / Children Will Listen (From "Into the Woods")
by Dale Ricardo Shields
I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, and POEM
presented in this slide/video. Educational/Entertainment only.
[ NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. ]
In 2017 I won a Kennedy Center Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teaching Award. This is my way of saying thank you to this genius artist. Rest In Peace, Stephen Sondheim.
Cover Illustration by SAM KERR®
Tribute poem by Jason Marks
Betty Buckley
Boys Choir of Harlem
Michael Lerace
MUSIC:
Anyone Can Whistle: Anyone Can Whistle (Piano Accompaniment) · Michael Lerace
AMEB Musical Theatre Grade 2 (Piano Accompaniments)
℗ Ameb
Released on: 2015-11-15
Composer: Stephen Sondheim®
*
Our Time (From "Merrily We Roll Along") / Children Will Listen (From "Into the Woods")
Artist
Boys Choir of Harlem; Betty Buckley
Licensed to YouTube by
SME (on behalf of RCA Victor); UNIAO BRASILEIRA DE EDITORAS DE MUSICA - UBEM, Warner Chappell, PEDL, LatinAutorPerf, LatinAutor - Warner Chappell, and 2 Music Rights Societies
Our Time (From "Merrily We Roll Along") / Children Will Listen (From "Into the Woods")
*
A Little Night Music: Overture and Night Waltz · Benjamin Rayson · Teri Ralston · Barbara Lang · Gene Varrone · Beth Fowler · Original Broadway Cast of A Little Night Music
A Little Night Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
℗ 1973 Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1998-11-01
Composer, Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim®
Orchestrator: Jonathan Tunick®
*
PHOTOGRAPHY [ ® ]:
GETTY IMAGES, THEATRE WORLD, THEATRE MEDIA, NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORK POST, ASSOCIATED PRESS, LATINPRESS, PLAYBILL, NEWYORKER.COM, CNN.COM, PINTEREST, Al Hirschfeld, Guardian News & Media Limited, Rhapsody International Inc, Facebook.com, Wikipedia®, The Kennedy Center, Washington Post, LA Times, PBS.org, Yousuf Karsh, photobucket.com
**
Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Anyone Can Whistle (1964), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), The Frogs (1974), Pacific Overtures (1976), Sweeney Todd (1979), Merrily We Roll Along (1981), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods (1987), Assassins (1991), Passion (1994) and Road Show (2008), as well as lyrics for West Side Story (1957), Gypsy (1959), Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965) and additional lyrics for Candide (1973). Side by Side by Sondheim (1976), Marry Me A Little (1981), You're Gonna Love Tomorrow (1983), Putting It Together (1993/99), Moving On (2001) and Sondheim on Sondheim (2010) are anthologies of his work as composer and lyricist. For films, he composed the scores of Stavisky (1974) and co-composed Reds (1981) as well as songs for Dick Tracy (1990). He also wrote the songs for the television production Evening Primrose (1966), co-authored the film The Last of Sheila (1973) and the play Getting Away With Murder (1996), and provided incidental music for the plays The Girls of Summer (1956), Invitation to a March (1961), Twigs (1971) and The Enclave (1973). Saturday Night (1954), his first professional musical, finally had its New York premiere in 1999. Mr. Sondheim has received the Tony Award for Best Score/Music/Lyrics for Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, and Passion, all of which won the New York Drama Circle Award for Outstanding/Best Musical, as did Pacific Overtures and Sunday in the Park with George. In total, his works have accumulated more than sixty individual and collaborative Tony Awards. "Sooner Or Later" from the film, Dick Tracy won the 1999 Academy Award for Best Song. Mr. Sondheim received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1984 for Sunday in the Park with George. In 1983 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, which awarded him the Gold Medal for Music in 2006. In 1990 he was appointed the first Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Oxford University and was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award in the 1993 Kennedy Center Honors. Mr. Sondheim is on the Council of the Dramatists Guild, the national association of playwrights, composers, and lyricists, having served as its President from 1973 to 1981. In 1981 he founded Young Playwrights Inc. to develop and promote the work of American playwrights aged 18 years and younger. September 2010.
Copyright Disclaimer: I do NOT own this music or the images featured in the video. All rights belong to the rightful owners. No copyright infringement intended.
Music
SONG
Our Time (From "Merrily We Roll Along") / Children Will Listen (From "Into the Woods")
