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The Resource Look, I made a hat : collected lyrics (1981-2011) with attendant comments, amplifications, dogmas, harangues, digressions, anecdotes and miscellany, Stephen Sondheim

Look, I made a hat : collected lyrics (1981-2011) with attendant comments, amplifications, dogmas, harangues, digressions, anecdotes and miscellany, Stephen Sondheim

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After his acclaimed and best-selling Finishing the Hat (named one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2010), Stephen Sondheim returns with the second volume of his collected lyrics, Look, I Made a Hat, giving us another remarkable glimpse into the brilliant mind of this living legend, and his life's work. Picking up where he left off in Finishing the Hat, Sondheim gives us all the lyrics, along with excluded songs and early drafts, of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, Assassins and Passion. Here, too, is an in-depth look at the evolution of Wise Guys, which subsequently was transformed into Bounce and eventually became Road Show. Sondheim takes us through his contributions to both television and film, some of which may surprise you, and covers plenty of never-before-seen material from unproduced projects as well. There are abundant anecdotes about his many collaborations, and readers are treated to rare personal material in this volume, as Sondheim includes songs culled from commissions, parodies and personal special occasions over the years--such as a hilarious song for Leonard Bernstein's seventieth birthday. As he did in the previous volume, Sondheim richly annotates his lyrics with invaluable advice on songwriting, discussions of theater history and the state of the industry today, and exacting dissections of his work, both the successes and the failures. Filled with even more behind-the-scenes photographs and illustrations from Sondheim's original manuscripts, Look, I Made a Hat is fascinating, devourable and essential reading for any fan of the theater or this great man's work [Publisher description]
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxiii, 453 pages
Contents
  • Sunday in the park with George
  • Into the woods
  • Assassins
  • Passion
  • Wise guys/Bounce/Road show : a saga in four acts
  • Other musicals
  • Movies
  • Television
  • Commissions, occasions, beginnings
Isbn
9780307593412
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Look, I made a hat : collected lyrics (1981-2011) with attendant comments, amplifications, dogmas, harangues, digressions, anecdotes and miscellany
Title
Look, I made a hat
Title remainder
collected lyrics (1981-2011) with attendant comments, amplifications, dogmas, harangues, digressions, anecdotes and miscellany
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Stephen Sondheim
Title variation
Collected lyrics (1981-2011)
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Language
eng
Summary
After his acclaimed and best-selling Finishing the Hat (named one of the New York Times 10 Best Books of 2010), Stephen Sondheim returns with the second volume of his collected lyrics, Look, I Made a Hat, giving us another remarkable glimpse into the brilliant mind of this living legend, and his life's work. Picking up where he left off in Finishing the Hat, Sondheim gives us all the lyrics, along with excluded songs and early drafts, of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, Assassins and Passion. Here, too, is an in-depth look at the evolution of Wise Guys, which subsequently was transformed into Bounce and eventually became Road Show. Sondheim takes us through his contributions to both television and film, some of which may surprise you, and covers plenty of never-before-seen material from unproduced projects as well. There are abundant anecdotes about his many collaborations, and readers are treated to rare personal material in this volume, as Sondheim includes songs culled from commissions, parodies and personal special occasions over the years--such as a hilarious song for Leonard Bernstein's seventieth birthday. As he did in the previous volume, Sondheim richly annotates his lyrics with invaluable advice on songwriting, discussions of theater history and the state of the industry today, and exacting dissections of his work, both the successes and the failures. Filled with even more behind-the-scenes photographs and illustrations from Sondheim's original manuscripts, Look, I Made a Hat is fascinating, devourable and essential reading for any fan of the theater or this great man's work [Publisher description]
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Sondheim, Stephen
Dewey number
782.1/40268
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Sondheim, Stephen
  • Musicals
  • Songs
  • Musicals
  • Songs
Label
Look, I made a hat : collected lyrics (1981-2011) with attendant comments, amplifications, dogmas, harangues, digressions, anecdotes and miscellany, Stephen Sondheim
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes discography (pages 439-442) and indexes
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Sunday in the park with George -- Into the woods -- Assassins -- Passion -- Wise guys/Bounce/Road show : a saga in four acts -- Other musicals -- Movies -- Television -- Commissions, occasions, beginnings
Control code
ocn701017698
Dimensions
29 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxiii, 453 pages
Isbn
9780307593412
Lccn
2011014604
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
Look, I made a hat : collected lyrics (1981-2011) with attendant comments, amplifications, dogmas, harangues, digressions, anecdotes and miscellany, Stephen Sondheim
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes discography (pages 439-442) and indexes
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Sunday in the park with George -- Into the woods -- Assassins -- Passion -- Wise guys/Bounce/Road show : a saga in four acts -- Other musicals -- Movies -- Television -- Commissions, occasions, beginnings
Control code
ocn701017698
Dimensions
29 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xxiii, 453 pages
Isbn
9780307593412
Lccn
2011014604
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations

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