Voordeelprijs Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber. The New Musical. – CITRON, STEPHEN

A dual biography of two giants of the modern musical – from the author of Songwriting .Eminent musicologist, Stephen Citron, takes on two contemporary greats of the lyric stage. His powerfully fascinating, in-depth study traces changes to the musical as an art form, through Sondheim and Webber’s works, and the music of their contemporaries. As with his other critically acclaimed books – lives of Noel Coward, Cole Porter and Oscar Hammerstein – Citron stresses the impact of their early training and private l…