Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber: The New Musical

In this third volume of the distinguished The Great Songwriters series, musicologist Stephen Citron takes on two leading contributors to the lyric stage, Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd-Webber. By exploring the works of these two giants of musical theater and those of their contemporaries, Citron also simultaneously guides readers along the winding path of musical theater.

Beginning with Sondheim's lyrics-only works West Side Story, Gypsy, and Do I Hear A Waltz? through his scores for A Li...