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Is "Krupp you" the only Bernstein lyric(aside from titles") remaining in WSS?
Posted by: bmc 07:01 pm EDT 05/19/18

An enquiring mind wants to know.
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re: Is "Krupp you" the only Bernstein lyric(aside from titles") remaining in WSS?
Posted by: NewtonUK 07:28 pm EDT 05/19/18
In reply to: Is "Krupp you" the only Bernstein lyric(aside from titles") remaining in WSS? - bmc 07:01 pm EDT 05/19/18

I've always heard that Bernstein wrote the lyrics for 'One hand, one heart'. This song was written for Candide, but cut, and the re-used, memorably, in WSS. If its mostly the same lyric, then Sondheim would have had nothing to do with it,
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re: Is "Krupp you" the only Bernstein lyric(aside from titles") remaining in WSS?
Posted by: Taggart 09:05 pm EDT 05/19/18
In reply to: re: Is "Krupp you" the only Bernstein lyric(aside from titles") remaining in WSS? - NewtonUK 07:28 pm EDT 05/19/18

John LaTouche wrote the Candide lyric to Bernstein's original melody, which had only one note per bar: "One / hand, / one / heart..." Sondheim found this too ponderous and convinced the composer to give him some extra notes to work with: "Make of our / hand / one / hand..."

I've never heard that Bernstein drafted a lyric for his original one bar, one note melody, but I suppose it's possible.
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