#I've known this for ages I KNEW Sondheim was learning from Bernstein on West Side Story | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

an-aura-about-you · 1 year ago

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you ever stop and realize something and get mad because you SHOULD have realized it AGES ago because you've had all the pieces for a while now but you can't explain it to someone else unless they also have all the pieces or you are willing to show them all the pieces so they can also see how they fit?

#long story short: I got mad because it took THIS long for me to realize Sondheim learned his composition tricks from Bernstein #long story long: I was listening to Sideways while at work #great music youtuber please go watch his videos #and in particular I was listening to his video on Into the Woods #and I remembered an interview with Sondheim talking about his composing process #how he takes melodies and inverts them or puts them in minor key etc.#and how that's all over Into the Woods #then I remembered that Sondheim worked with Bernstein to write West Side Story #and that West Side Story ALSO does the same thing with signature melodies #and everything clicked into place #I've known this for ages I KNEW Sondheim was learning from Bernstein on West Side Story #why didn't I fully get it until now?

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