Is Stephen Sondheim's music the hardest music to perform?

No, Sondheim's music is not the hardest to perform. His music is technically challenging from a musical theater perspective, with challenging rhythms and vocal leaps. read more

No, Sondheim’s music is not the hardest to perform. His music is technically challenging from a musical theater perspective, with challenging rhythms and vocal leaps. Often people who play/sing by ear or do not have sufficient musical training fail to properly perfor his music. read more

He’s spent nearly sixty years producing lyrics and music for projects that have never been unambitious or routine. He’s given the world a corpus of songs and musicals that have kept on being revived, revised and enjoyed and probably will long after his death. read more