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Stephen Sondheim on Songwriting (1)

By alexander Posted on July 17, 2014 Posted in Books, Lyric writing, Music Business, Music Theatre 1 Comment Tagged with lyrics, rhyme, song structure, truth

If we want to understand something about songs, how they are written, and therefore how we should sing and perform them, who can we learn from? The musical dramatist Stephen Sondheim is superb craftsman as a lyricist, composer, songwriter, musical …

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