Stephen Sondheim is well-known for his compositions for Broadway and the silver screen, but whilst many are familiar with tunes such as Everything's Coming Up Roses (Gypsy), I Feel Pretty (West Side Story), Send In The Clowns (A Little Night Music) and Not a Day Goes By (Merrily We Roll Along), they may be surprised to find that he wrote many more songs that never made it onto the stage.
This collection contains 39 previously unpublished songs from 17 shows and films, including pieces cut from Anyone Can Whistle, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, Into The Woods, Merrily We Roll Along, Wise Guys and more. Each piece is arranged for Piano and Voice with Guitar chords.
The 'Almost Unknown' in the title of this collection refers to the fact that some of the songs, though never before published, have been recorded, and might be known to the most knowledgeable of Sondheim connoisseurs. However, it is safe to say that the songs in this landmark collection are among the least known of Sondheim's creations.
A Hero Is Coming (cut from Anyone Can Whistle) A Little House For Mama (from Wise Guys) Boom Crunch (cut from Into The Woods) Bounce (Bounce) Darling (Merrily We Roll Along) Don't Laugh (Hot Spot) Echo Song (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) Farewell (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) First Vaudeville (from the 1998 reading Wise Guys) Flag Song (cut from Assassins) God (Sondheim On Sondheim) High Life (from the unproduced musical The Last Resorts) I Must Be Dreaming (All That Glitters) I Wish (from the unproduced Jim Henson film Into The Woods) I Wouldn't Change A Thing (from the unproduced musical The Last Resorts) Invocation (Forget War) (cut from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) Looks (from the unproduced film musical Singing Out Loud) Love Is In The Air (cut from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) Make It Through The Night (from Wise Guys) My Husband The Pig (cut from A Little Night Music) My Two Young Men (from Wise Guys) Next To You (from Wise Guys) Night Waltz III (cut from A Little Night Music) Pour Le Sport (from the unproduced musical The Last Resorts) Prayers (cut from Pacific Overtures) Rich And Happy (cut from Merrily We Roll Along) Second Midnight (Original Version) (cut from Into The Woods) Singing Out Loud (from the unproduced film musical Singing Out Loud) Soldiers And Girls (cut from Sunday In The Park With George) Thank You For Coming (cut from Merrily We Roll Along) The Boy From... (The Mad Show) The House Of Marcus Lycus (A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) The Lame, The Halt, And The Blind (cut from Anyone Can Whistle) The Natives Are Restless (cut from Anyone Can Whistle) The Night Is The Best Time Of The Day The One On The Left (cut from Sunday In The Park With George) There's Always A Woman (cut from Anyone Can Whistle) There's Something About A War (cut from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum) Window Across The Way (cut from A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum)
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