SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

                            Stephen Sondheim

                               Articles


Bristow, E. K., and J. K. Butler.  "Company, about face!  The
show that revolutionized the American musical."  American Music,
5, no. 3 (1987), 241-54.

"Broadway Review (Circle in the Square)."  Rev. of Sweeney Todd,
the demon barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim.  Variety,
20 Sep 1989, p. 143.

Blyton, C.  "Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: the case for the defence." 
Tempo, 149 (1984), 19.

Evans, G.  "Crix hang Assassins; B'way out of range?"  Variety, 4
Feb 1991, p. 95.

Freedman, S. G.  "The Words and Music of Stephen Sondheim."  New
York Times Magazine, Apr 1984, p. 22.

Gill, B.  "The Theatre: a Barber's revenge."  Rev. of Sweeney
Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim.  New
Yorker, 12 Mar 1979, pp. 85-6.

Gottfried, M.  "Broadway's unruly child."  Rev. of Sweeney Todd,
the demon barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim.  Saturday
Review, 28 Apr 1979, p. 33.

Heymont, G.  "Madness is its own reward- especially on the
operatic stage."  Rev. of Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet
Street by Stephen Sondheim.  Fugue, Mar 1980, p. 30.

Horwood, W.  "Company- witty words- original tunes."  Crescendo
International, Apr 1972, p. 10.

Kresh, P.  "Stephen Sondheim (future of American musical
comedy)."  Stereo Review, July 1971, pp. 73-4.

Martin, G.  "On the verge of opera: Stephen Sondheim."  Opera
Quarterly, 6, no. 3 (1989), 76-85.

Pitman, J.  "B'way 'flops' cross sea."  Variety, 22 Apr 1991, p.
57.

Pitman, J.  "Sondheim semester in London; crix love Follies, pan
Pacific."  Variety, 16 Sep 1987, p. 115.

Sterritt, D.  "Screen Musical's Last Gasp?"  Christian Science
Moniter, 27 Mar 1978, p. 22.

Wilson, E.  "An American Attempt at Kabuki Style."  Rev. of
Pacific Overtures by Stephen Sondheim.  Wall Street Journal, 13
Jan 1976, p. 14.

Wilson, E.  "Broadway rolls along, not always merrily."  Rev. of
Merrily We Roll Along by Stephen Sondheim.  Wall Street Journal,
19 Nov 1981, p. 24.


                             Books


Barnes, Clive, ed.  Best American Plays: 1974-1982.  eighth
series.  New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983.
Full libretto and lyrics of A Little Night Music, including an
introduction with historical information by the editor.

Booth, John E.  The Critic, Power, and the Performing Arts: A
Twentieth Century Fund Essay.  New York: Columbia University
Press, 1991.
Excellent source on Sondheim's views of criticism. Great quotes.

Bordman, Gerald.  American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle.  2nd ed.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
Complete history of the musical: includes brief synopses and
critical responses to shows.

Bordman, Gerald.  American Operetta: from "H. M. S. Pinafore" to
"Sweeney Todd".  New York: Oxford University Press, 1981.
General overview of operetta and musical theater.

Engel, Lehman.  Getting the Show On: The Complete Guidebook for
Producing a Musical in your Theater.  New York: Schirmer Books,
1983.

Engel, Lehman.  Their Words are Music: The Great Theatre
Lyricists and their lyrics.  New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.,
1975.
Includes introduction about Sondheim, followed by examples of and
discussions about some of his lyrics. 

Fordin, Hugh.  Getting to Know Him: A Biography of Oscar
Hammerstein II.  New York: Random House, 1977.

Frankel, Aaron.  Writing the Broadway Musical.  New York: Drama
Book Specialists (Publishers), 1977.
Examples from Company and how Sondehim dealt with the elements of
show lyrics.

Goldman, James, and Stephen Sondheim.  Follies: A Musical.  New
York: Random House, 1971.
Book and lyrics.

Gordon, Joanne.  Art Ain't Easy: The Achievement of Stephen
Sondheim.  Carbondale: Southern Illinois Press, 1990.
Dissections of each of Sondheim's musicals, including historical
and biographical information.

Gottfried, Martin.  Opening Nights:Theater Criticism of the
Sixties.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1969.
Includes limited criticism of Do I Hear A Waltz? and Anyone Can
Whistle.

Gottfried, Martin.  A Theater Divided: the Postwar American 
Stage.  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967.

Green, Stanley.  Broadway Musicals: Show by Show.  Milwaukee: Hal
Leonard Books, 1985.

Green, Stanley.  The World of Musical Comedy: The Story of the
American Musical Stage as told through the careers of its
foremost composers and lyricists.  4th ed.  New York: A. S.
Barnes & Company, Inc., 1980.
Entire chapter on Sondheim.

Guernsey, Jr., Otis L.  Broadway Song & Story:
Playwrights/Lyricists/Composers Discuss Their Hits.  New York:
Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc., 1980.
Excellent source: includes chapter on West Side Story, Gypsy, one
by Sondheim, one is an interview with Sondheim and Harold Prince;
other discussions.

Guernsey, Jr., Otis L.  Curtain Times: The New York Theater:
1965-1987.  New York: Applause Theatre Books, 1987.
General overview of musical theater.

Guernsey, Jr., Otis L.  Playwrights/Lyricists/Composers on
Theater: the inside story of a decade of theater in articles and
comments by its authors, selected from their own publication,
"The Dramatists Guild Quarterly".  New York: Dodd, Mead and
Company, 1974.
Excellent source.  Includes and essay by Sondheim himself on
theater lyrics.

Hischak, Thomas S.  Word Crazy: Broadway Lyricists from Cohen to
Sondheim.  New York: Praeger Publishers, 1991.
Wonderful chapter on Sondheim: his history, technique, and
examples.

Ilson, Carol.  Harold Prince: from "Pajama Game to "Phantom of
the Opera."  Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1989.
Specific details about Prince's work with Sondheim on each of his
works.  Includes historical background on Sondheim.

Jackson, Arthur.  The Book of Musicals: From Show Boat to A
Chorus Line.  London: Webb & Bower Limited, 1977.
General overview of musical theater; not a whole lot on Sondheim
himself.

Lapine, James, and Stephen Sondheim.  Sunday in the Park with
George: a Musical.  New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1986.
Book and lyrics.

Laufe, Abe.  Broadway's Greatest Musicals.  New York: Funk &
Wagnalls, 1969, 1973.

Laurents, Arthur, and Stephen Sondheim.  Anyone Can Whistle: A
Musical Fable.  New York: Leon Amiel, 1965.

Mordden, Ethan.  Better Foot Forward: the History of American
Musicl Theatre.  New York: Grossman Publishers, 1974.
General history, plus entire chapter on Follies and A Little
Night Music.

Mordden, Ethan.  Broadway Babies: The People Who Made the
American Musical.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.

Richards, Stanley, ed.  Great Musicals of the American Theatre. 
vol. 2.  Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Company, 1976.
Includes editorial notes on A Little Night Music, followed by the
complete libretto and lyrics.

Richards, Stanley, ed.  Ten Great Musicals of the American
Theatre.  Radnor, Pennsylvania: Chilton Book Company, 1973.
Important source: lyrics and libretti, including West Side Story,
Gypsy, and Company.

Rockwell, John.  All-American Music: Composition in the Late
Twentieth Century.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983.
Entire chapter on Sondheim.

Shevelove, Burt, Larry Gelbart and Stephen Sondheim.  A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: A Musical Comedy Based on
the Plays of Plautus.  New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1963.
Book and lyrics.

Sponberg, Arvid F.  Broadway Talks: What Professionals Think
About Commercial Theater in America.  New York: Greenwood Press,
1991.

Suskin, Steven.  Opening Night on Broadway: A Critical Quotebook
of the Golden Era of the Musical Theatre- "Oklahoma!" (1943) to
"Fiddler on the Roof" (1964).  New York: Schirmer Books, 1990.
Some histirical background; mainly reviews and general responses
to works of the musical theatre.

Swain, Joseph P.  The Broadway Musical: A Critical and Musical
Survey.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
Limited information but great cross-referencing section.

Traubner, Richard.  Operetta: A Theatrical History.  Garden City,
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1983.

Wilk, Max.  They're Playing our Song: from Jerome Kern to Stephen
Sondheim- the stories behind the words and music of two
generations.  New York: Atheneum, 1973.
Includes entire chapter about Stephen Sondheim.

Zadan, Craig.  Sondheim & Co.  2nd ed.  New York: Harper & Row,
Publishers, 1986.
Easy reading.  Includes discussions regarding casting and staging
issues in Sondheim's shows.


                          Dissertations


Wilson, Stephen Blair.  "Motivic, Rhythmic, and Harmonic
Procedures in Stephen Sondheim's Company and A Little Night
Music."  Diss. Ball State University, 1983.
Great source on specific information regarding the two shows.

McDonough, James Duggins.  "A New Direction for the American
Musical Theater: An Application of theories by Martin Gottfried
to Company and Follies, two musicals by Stpehen Sondheim and
Harold Prince.  Diss. University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, 1977.
In depth study of the two shows.


                              Scores


Bernstein, Leonard, Stephen Sondheim, et al.  Candide.  New York:
Schirmer Books, 1976.

Rodgers, Richard, and Stephen Sondheim.  Do I Hear a Waltz?  New
York: Williamson Music, Inc., and Burthen Music Company, Inc.,
1965.

Sondheim, Stephen.  All Sondheim: music & lyrics by Stephen
Sondheim.  New York: Revelation Music Publishing Corp. & Rilting
Music, Inc., 1973.

Sondheim, Stephen.  Anyone Can Whistle.  New York: Burthen Music
Company, Inc., 1968.

Sondheim, Stephen.  Merrily We Roll Along: a new musical comedy. 
Revelation Music Publishing Corp. & Rilting Music, Inc., 1984.

Sondheim, Stephen.  Pacific Overtures.  New York: Revelation
Music Publishing Corp. & Rilting Music, Inc., 1975.

Sondheim, Stephen.  Sweeney Todd, the demon barberof Fleet
Street.  New York: Revelation Music Publishing Corp. & Rilting
Music, Inc., 1975.

Styne, Jule, and Stephen Sondheim.  Gypsy.  New York: Chappell &
Co., Inc., 1960.  


                                Recordings


Bernstein, Leonard.  Candide.  Cond. John Mauceri, New York City
Opera Chorus and Orchestra.  RCA, NW 340/341, 1982.

Sondheim, Stephen.  Anyone Can Whistle.  With Lee Remick, Angela
Lansbury, and Harry Guardino.  Cond. Herbert Greene.  Columbia
Masterworks, A532608, 1973.

Sondheim, Stephen.  Follies: in concert.  With Licia Albanese and
Carol Burnett.  Cond. Paul Gemignani, New York Philharmonic. 
RCA/Ariola International, 7863-57128-2, 1985.

Sondheim, Stephen.  A Funny Thing Happpened on the Way to the
Forum: a new musical comedy.  With Zero Mostel.  Cond. Harold
Hastings, original Broadway cast.  Capitol, SW 1717, 1965.

Sondheim, Stephen.  A Little Night Music: a new musical.  With
Glynis Johns, Len Cariou, and Hermoine Gingold.  Cond. Harold
Hastings.  Columbia Masterworks, JS 32265, 1973.

Sondheim, Stephen.  Merrily We Roll Along.  With Jim Walton, Ann
Morrison, and Lonny Price.  Cond. Paul Gemignani, original
Broadway cast.  RCA Red Seal, CBL1-4197, 1981.

Sondheim, Stephen.  Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet
Street: a musical thriller (highlights).  With Angela Lansbury
and Len Cariou.  Cond. Paul Gemignani.  RCA, RCD1-5033, 1979.

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