Stephen Sondheim

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composer human lyricist musical theatre composer

Stephen Sondheim was a groundbreaking American composer and lyricist renowned for revolutionizing musical theatre with complex characters, sophisticated lyrics, and innovative works such as "Sweeney Todd," "Company," and "Into the Woods."

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Label Occurrences
Stephen Sondheim canonical 107
James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim 1
Sondheim 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
musical theatre composer ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
causeOfDeath cardiovascular disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-03-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-11-26 ⓘ
educatedAt George School ⓘ
Williams College ⓘ
familyName Stephen Sondheim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sondheim
fullName Stephen Sondheim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Stephen Joshua Sondheim
genre Broadway musical ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
givenName Stephen ⓘ
influencedBy Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
knownFor complex lyrics ⓘ
innovative musical structures ⓘ
psychologically complex characters ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement concept musical ⓘ
notableSong Being Alive ⓘ
Children Will Listen ⓘ
Johanna ⓘ
Losing My Mind ⓘ
No One Is Alone ⓘ
Send in the Clowns ⓘ
notableWork A Little Night Music ⓘ
Assassins ⓘ
Company ⓘ
Follies ⓘ
Gypsy ⓘ
Into the Woods ⓘ
Merrily We Roll Along ⓘ
Pacific Overtures ⓘ
Passion ⓘ
Road Show ⓘ
Sunday in the Park with George ⓘ
Sweeney Todd (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

West Side Story ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Roxbury, Connecticut ⓘ
roleInWork composer and lyricist of A Little Night Music ⓘ
composer and lyricist of Assassins ⓘ
composer and lyricist of Company ⓘ
composer and lyricist of Follies ⓘ
composer and lyricist of Into the Woods ⓘ
composer and lyricist of Sunday in the Park with George ⓘ
composer and lyricist of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ⓘ
lyricist of Gypsy ⓘ
lyricist of West Side Story ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oscar Hammerstein II → influenced → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Into the Woods → composer → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
subject surface form: Into the Woods (2014 film)
Into the Woods → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
subject surface form: Into the Woods (2014 film)
West Side Story → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Roxbury, Connecticut → hasNotableResident → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) → composer → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Imelda Staunton → workedWith → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Gypsy → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Somewhere (from "West Side Story") → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
subject surface form: Somewhere
Do I Hear a Waltz? → lyricsBy → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Take the Moment → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Take the Moment → associatedWithLyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Take the Moment → lyricsBy → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Take the Moment → basedOnWorkOfLyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
We’re Gonna Be All Right → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
We’re Gonna Be All Right → hasLyricsBy → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
We’re Gonna Be All Right → associatedWith → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Stephen Sondheim → fullName → Stephen Sondheim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stephen Joshua Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim → familyName → Stephen Sondheim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sondheim
Harold Prince → workedWith → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Sweeney Todd (stage production) → composer → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Sweeney Todd (stage production) → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Reds → musicBy → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
The Baker's Wife → createdBy → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
The Witch → creator → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
subject surface form: The Witch (Into the Woods)
Follies → composer → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Follies → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Outer Critics Circle Award → notableRecipient → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
James Lapine → collaboratedWith → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
The Last of Sheila → screenwriter → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
musical "Sunday in the Park with George" (indirectly via the painting) → composer → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
subject surface form: Sunday in the Park with George
musical "Sunday in the Park with George" (indirectly via the painting) → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
subject surface form: Sunday in the Park with George
Candide (operetta by Leonard Bernstein) → additionalLyricsBy → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
subject surface form: Candide
Jets → creator → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
subject surface form: Jets (West Side Story)
Sharks → createdBy → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
subject surface form: Sharks (West Side Story)
Tony → lyricsBy → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Riff → createdBy → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Tonight → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Tonight → hasKeyCreators → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Somewhere → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Gee, Officer Krupke → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Cool → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
One Hand, One Heart → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Sid Ramin → collaboratedWith → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Jule Styne → collaboratedWith → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Jason Robert Brown → influencedBy → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Judge Turpin → createdBy → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
Company → composer → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
subject surface form: Company (2011 filmed stage production)
Company → lyricist → Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
subject surface form: Company (2011 filmed stage production)