Stephen Sondheim Signed Book Finishing The Hat – COA JSA

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Presented is the hardcover book “Finishing the Hat” by Stephen Sondheim. He signed the book on an unattached bookplate in black felt tip (“9”).

In 2010–2011, Sondheim published, in two volumes, his autobiography, Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954–1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes and Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981–2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany. The memoir included Sondheim’s lyrical declaration of principle, stating that four principles underpinned “everything I’ve ever written”. These were: “Content Dictates Form, Less is More, God is in the Details – all in the service of Clarity.”

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Stephen Sondheim Signed Book