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Hat Box: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim: A Box Set Hardcover – December 6, 2011

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The complete collected lyrics from the acclaimed Finishing the Hat and Look, I Made a Hat; this box set is essential reading for theater fans or devotees of this living legend’s work.

Hat Box is a handsomely designed package that includes lyrics from Stephen Sondheim’s most popular shows like West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, and Into the Woods, richly annotated with anecdotes, pointed observations, and invaluable advice from one of the greatest songwriters of our time.

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STEPHEN SONDHEIM wrote award-winning music and lyrics for theater, film, and television. He is the author of Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) and Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011). He is also the coauthor of the film The Last of Sheila and the play Getting Away with Murder. Sondheim was on the council of the Dramatists Guild of America, having served as its president from 1973 to 1981. He lived in New York City. He died in 2021.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf; 34744th edition (December 6, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0307957721
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0307957726
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.18 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.69 x 2.38 x 11.42 inches
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Stephen Joshua Sondheim (/ˈsɒnd.haɪm/) (born March 22, 1930) is an American composer and lyricist known for more than a half-century of contributions to musical theatre. Sondheim has received an Academy Award; eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer, including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre); eight Grammy Awards; a Pulitzer Prize, the Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has been described by Frank Rich of The New York Times as "now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater." His best-known works as composer and lyricist include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods. He wrote the lyrics for West Side Story and Gypsy.

Sondheim has also written film music, contributing "Goodbye for Now" to Warren Beatty's 1981 Reds. He wrote five songs for 1990's Dick Tracy, including "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" by Madonna, which won the Academy Award for Best Song.

The composer was president of the Dramatists Guild from 1973 to 1981. To celebrate his 80th birthday, the former Henry Miller's Theatre was renamed the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on September 15, 2010, and the BBC Proms held a concert in his honor. Cameron Mackintosh has called Sondheim "possibly the greatest lyricist ever."

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Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2021
What a great and comprehensive journey into the mind of the greatest living writer for the musical stage. So much more than a thorough documentation of Sondheim’s lyrics it’s like being a fly on the wall hearing musical theater history being created. If not for yourself than buy this for your favorite theater geek. They will love you forever.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2013
Whether you are a Sondheim completist, or simply curious about the writing process, history and the man's own personal thoughts about his work, this box set is provides an invaluable inside peek to the whole breadth of his written works. Songs that were excised (and in some cases reinserted) from each of his major projects are here presented in their entirety, often with notes relating to their original context and reasons for deletion. The black & white reproductions of production photos and Sondheim's own written notes wonderfully accent the main text.

It should be noted that Sondheim focuses mainly on the lyrics in this collection, for a deeper look into the process behind music and lyrics Mark Eden Horowitz's "Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions" (ISBN: 978-0810874367) is a better volume.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2017
If you agree with Tom Lehrer that Stephen Sondheim is the best lyricist of the 20th Century (I do but I would remover the temporal limitation), then these two books are an absolute must. It's very interesting to see how Sondheim's lyrics have grown in sophistication from the days of West Side Story to his later works, such as A Little Night Music. The man is a genius, and these two volumes attest to it.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2015
The ultimate master class in lyric-writing, from the best musical theatre writer of all time. Not only do you get the full librettos for each of Sondheim's brilliant shows, along with revisions, alternate/cut numbers, etc., but brilliant asides by the man himself, including personal observations, recollections and annotations to the lyrics make this set absolutely indispensable for any lover of musical theatre or potential lyricists out there. Not to be missed.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2014
Fascinating look at Sondheim's lyrics and his philosophy about theater and lyric writing -- who his big influences were, etc. If you are a Sondheim fan, or like or write musicals, you'll probably find it very interesting. I think it's relatively difficult to get these two books in a slip jacket -- Vol 1 and Vol 2 did not come out at the same time -- so I'm glad I bought this particular product, with the slipcase.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2013
Sondheim provides a clear view of the craft and art of lyric writing. Very enjoyable read. Only disappointment: It is harder to read some of the lyrics for shows of which I am unfamiliar because I keep trying to catch fragments of melody I cannot hear. The book will make you want to purchase all of the Sondheim cast albums. Very sly, Mr. Sondheim.
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2015
I love these two books. They are very thorough and helpful to the writer of music. There's an abundance of examples on tremendous songs and the evaluation of these songs is priceless. I encourage all writers of music to read these two books. This truly explains the art of writing music.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2011
The is a nice boxed set of the two Sondheim Hat books. However, I thought there was a 3rd book, the yellow book, that was somehow a synopsis of the other 2 books. However, the yellow is just the cover of the box that the 2 books come in. In retrospect I realize that I should have understood this, but none-the-less it confused me.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Definitive Cultural Treasure
Reviewed in Brazil on October 22, 2023
The book is a masterpiece of masterpieces by a genius of art.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 26, 2022
Fantastic collection of Stephen Sondheim works.
Maciel
5.0 out of 5 stars La mejor adquisición a mi biblioteca.
Reviewed in Mexico on January 9, 2018
Excelente. El maestro se ha vuelto a lucir con estos dos ejemplares. Ambos libros están en idioma inglés y forman parte del recuento de éxitos y fracasos de los shows de Stephen Sondheim.
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5.0 out of 5 stars schnell und in sehr gutem Zustand
Reviewed in Germany on September 3, 2019
Habe diesen Box Set außerordentlich schnell zugestellt bekommen zu einem wirklich guten Preis.