Sondheim

[ sond-hahym ]

/ ˈsɒnd haɪm /

noun

Stephen (Joshua),born 1930, U.S. composer and lyricist.

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Examples from the Web for sondheim

Sondheim began by asking a friend about marriage and taking notes, “exactly as if it were a lecture,” he said.
Sondheim on Sondheim: American Musical Theater in Six Songs|Jimmy So|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The scene begins chaotically, as Sondheim interrupts the recording and tells Dean Jones to try again.
Sondheim on Sondheim: American Musical Theater in Six Songs|Jimmy So|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The number comes last in the documentary, marking the apotheosis of Sondheim.
Sondheim on Sondheim: American Musical Theater in Six Songs|Jimmy So|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Lapine, who directed it, could do no better than admire his own good work by showing the rhapsodic performance in Six by Sondheim.
Sondheim on Sondheim: American Musical Theater in Six Songs|Jimmy So|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST

When he was 15, Sondheim wrote a musical and took it to Hammerstein, asking him to judge it as if the boy were a professional.
Sondheim on Sondheim: American Musical Theater in Six Songs|Jimmy So|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“That mutt Sondheim looks like a bad one to me, and the other guy––Kastner,” he observed gloomily.
The Crimson Tide|Robert W. Chambers
Then Puma looked up, puffing his cigar, and Sondheim stepped forward from the group and shook his finger in his face.
The Crimson Tide|Robert W. Chambers
The other matter which fitfully preoccupied him was his unpleasant and unintentional interview with Sondheim.
The Crimson Tide|Robert W. Chambers
And that evening Sondheim had sent him an ultimatum by Kastner.
The Crimson Tide|Robert W. Chambers
Kastner sneered at him and nudged Sondheim, who immediately sat up in bed and levelled an unwashed hand at Skidder.
The Crimson Tide|Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for sondheim

Sondheim

/ (ˈsɒndhaɪm) /

noun

Stephen (Joshua). born 1930, US songwriter. He wrote the lyrics for West Side Story (1957), the score for Company (1971), and both for A Little Night Music (1973), Into the Woods (1987), and Passion (1994)

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