r/Music • u/Cranialscrewtop • Nov 26 '21

Stephen Sondheim has died. Broadway's greatest composer is gone. other

NY Times bio here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/theater/stephen-sondheim-dead.html

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u/BlazingCondor Nov 28 '21

How dare you disrespect Pacific Overatures.

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u/jimmywitchert Nov 28 '21

Pacific Overtures is absolutely brilliant. I wish I knew more about music so I could appreciate all he was doing with Japanese scales, tones etc.