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| re: What Else did Sondheim Play/Sing Besides Good Thing Going? | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 12:34 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: What Else did Sondheim Play/Sing Besides Good Thing Going? - ilw 09:17 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| Does it seem surprising to anyone else that Sondheim had never heard It's Hard To Speak My Heart from Parade in its original form prior to participating in this exercise? I would assume given the pedigree of those involved with Parade (including Hal Prince, Lincoln Center, and the first broadway show an emerging new composer) that Sondheim would have seen the show or listened to the score. Wasn't he a Tony voter then? Regardless, sounds like a fun exercise (I'm an amateur musician and love that sort of thing). I remember in high school stumbling across some Sondheim songs in a big fake book. It was one of my first glimpses into how the melody took on an entirely different life once harmonized. |
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| re: What Else did Sondheim Play/Sing Besides Good Thing Going? | |
| Posted by: dlevy 02:01 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: What Else did Sondheim Play/Sing Besides Good Thing Going? - EvFoDr 12:34 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| I'm sure he heard the song, once, in 1998. Maybe a handful of times since then. I've read (I think in Mark Horowitz's book of interviews with Sondheim) that Steve doesn't generally listen to Broadway music at home and rarely listens to albums more than once, when he first gets them. So I think it's totally reasonable that he didn't remember the song. Hell, I've listened to Parade dozens of times (and seen the show more recently than 1998) and the name doesn't ring a bell with me. |
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| re: What Else did Sondheim Play/Sing Besides Good Thing Going? | |
| Posted by: Seth Christenfeld (tabula-rasa@verizon.net) 02:13 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: What Else did Sondheim Play/Sing Besides Good Thing Going? - dlevy 02:01 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| Hell, I've listened to Parade dozens of times (and seen the show more recently than 1998) and the name doesn't ring a bell with me. It's Leo's statement at the trial, right before the end of Act I. Seth, who pretty much knows that album by heart |
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| re: What Else did Sondheim Play/Sing Besides Good Thing Going? | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 04:43 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: What Else did Sondheim Play/Sing Besides Good Thing Going? - Seth Christenfeld 02:13 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| I saw the original in 1999, have listened to the album a bunch, and have the sheet music :-) | |
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