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ABOUT THE COMPOSER
• BORN MARCH 6, 1948
• STUDIED AT THE JULLIARD SCHOOL AND ALSO CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
• WAS INDUCTED INTO THE AMERICAN THEATRE HALL OF FAME IN 2009
• PRESIDENT OF THE DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA FROM 2009-2014
• RECEIVED THE ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD IN 2015
• HAS WORK ON BOTH THEATRE AND SOME FILMS (NOTABLY ANIMATED DISNEY FILMS)
MOST FAMOUS WORKS
• GODSPELL (1971)- BASED ON THE PARABLES OF THE BIBLE
• PIPPIN (1972)- ABOUT AN ACTING TROUPE TELLING THE STORY OF PIPPIN, SON OF CHARLEMAGNE
• WORKING (1978)- A MUSICAL ABOUT THE LIVES OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE IN THEIR JOBS
• WICKED (2003)- TAKES PLACES IN THE LAND OF OZ FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE WITCHES
• COLLABORATED WITH LEONARD BERNSTEIN (WEST SIDE STORY) ON THE BERNSTEIN MASS
• HAS COMPOSED FOR POCAHONTAS, HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, PRINCE OF EGYPT, AND ENCHANTED
STYLE OF MUSIC
• EACH TYPE OF MUSICAL HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE
SOUND TO MATCH THE THEME.
• GODSPELL HAS A RELIGIOUS MIXED WITH A
FUNKY TONE TO CREATE ITS SOUND
• PIPPIN HAS A FUN UPBEAT AND SOUL FILLED
SCORE TO HAVE ITS CARNIVAL TYPE THEME
• SCHWARTZ HAS A TENDENCY TO ADD A POP
STYLE OF THE ERA INTO THE MUSIC HE WRITES
• PIPPIN- ON THE RIGHT TRACK
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
"STEPHEN SCHWARTZ - BROADWAY, FILM, AND OPERA COMPOSER AND LYRICIST." , INTERVIEWS,
AWARDS, PHOTOS, CAREER. N.P., N.D. WEB. 12 OCT. 2015.
"STEPHEN SCHWARTZ | STEPHEN SCHWARTZ." STEPHEN SCHWARTZ RSS. N.P., N.D. WEB. 12 OCT. 2015.