Stephen Sondheim - A Life (Paperback, New edition)

A notoriously secretive genius ('every time Steve writes a new score,' said Alex Cohen once, 'Broadway gets rebuilt') Sondheim allowed Secrest amazing access to his private life, and as a result the book can deal for the first time with his homosexual encounters, his deep hatred for a severely dotty mother whose funeral he refused to attend, and his utter dedication to pushing back the barriers of the Broadway musical across more than forty years. Even for those of us who have interviewed and written about him virtually all of our working lives will find much here that was unknonwn, so intensely reserved has Sondheim always been about whole areas of his private life. It didn't take a genius to work out that there was always something decidedly autobiographical about such songs as 'Anyone Can Whistle', 'Losing My Mind', Sorry-Grateful,' and 'Too Many Mornings', but now we have a more complete jigsaw. Secrest has done a stunningly detailed portrait of the greatest musical-man of our times. Review By SHERIDAN MORLEY (Kirkus UK)

Drawing on interviews with friends, family, collaborators and lovers, this biography of Stephen Sondheim looks to bring us not only the artist - as a master of modern compositional style - but also the private man.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1999
Authors:	Meryle Secrest
Dimensions:	197 x 129 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	480
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7475-4416-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Musical theatre Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Music > Composers & musicians Promotions
LSN:	0-7475-4416-6
Barcode:	9780747544166

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