Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber by Stephen Citron
Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber (First UK Edition in Original Dust Jacket)
A Study of the Two Composers Who Shaped the Modern Stage Musical, from the Author of Noel & Cole
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber: The New Musical
- Author: Stephen Citron
- Publisher: Chatto & Windus, London
- Publication Date: 2001
- ISBN-13: 9781856192736
- ISBN-10: 1856192733
- Edition Details: First published in Great Britain in 2001 by Chatto & Windus.
- Binding: Publisher's black cloth boards with printed dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Large octavo hardcover, 452 pages.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Exterior / Boards: Plain black cloth boards, clean and square, with a neat spine edge. No marks, bumping or fading are visible.
- Interior: The title and preliminary pages are clean and unmarked, and the page edges are clean and bright with no visible staining.
- The Dust Jacket: Present. The glossy printed jacket (red theatre curtain design with black top and two portrait photographs) is clean and bright, with no visible tears or wear. It is protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published by Chatto & Windus in London in 2001, Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber: The New Musical is a dual study of Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber, the two leading figures of the modern musical theatre.
Stephen Citron follows their careers and works, and those of their contemporaries and collaborators, to trace how the musical changed as an art form. The emphasis falls on the directions these men and their circles took Broadway and the West End, rather than on the two composers as songwriters alone.
A knowledgeable and accessible account, it will suit readers of theatre history and popular music, and collectors of the Great Songwriters series by the same author.
Author Profile: Stephen Citron
Stephen Citron (1924–2013) was a composer, pianist, lyricist and lecturer, and one of the best-known musical theatre historians of his day.
His books include Songwriting, long regarded as a standard reference on the subject, and The Musical from the Inside Out, as well as studies of Noel Coward, Cole Porter and Oscar Hammerstein. This volume belongs to his Great Songwriters series, alongside Noel & Cole and The Wordsmiths.
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