Rogers/Sondheim Influences on Guettel
Rogers/Sondheim Influences on Guettel
#0Rogers/Sondheim Influences on Guettel
Posted: 6/20/05 at 9:39am
Saw the Piazza matinee on Saturday and WOW. Thank god for Adam Guettel. This has restored my faith in American Musical Theatre.
Not until I read Frank Rich's intro. in the cd notes did I realize that Guettel's grandfather was Richard Rogers, and Sondheim was his mentor.
I definitely hear influences- the Piazza overture has hints of Carousel, and Fable certainly sounds of Into the Woods.
Anyone hear anything else?
#1re: Rogers/Sondheim Influences on Guettel
Posted: 6/20/05 at 10:26amIt's Richard Rodgers. There's a "D" just so they don't kill you.
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#2re: Rogers/Sondheim Influences on Guettel
Posted: 6/20/05 at 11:49amI think I mentioned this on some other thread, but when I heard a guy in class last week singing the song "Take the Moment" from Do I Hear a Waltz?...I could definitely hear resemblances to some of Mr. Guettel's music in Piazza, so I think there's an influence on the part of Sondheim and Rodgers. But it's all good - they're three of the greatest composers of our time.
Jon
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#3re: Rogers/Sondheim Influences on Guettel
Posted: 6/20/05 at 12:27pmSince DO I HEAR A WALTZ, the one Rodgers/Sondheim collaboration was set in Italy, it wold be virtually impossible for Guettel to NOT be influenced by it!
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