The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd… (includes musical’s prelude)
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Relationships
| orchestrator: | Jonathan Tunick |
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| lyricist and composer: | Stephen Sondheim |
| part of: | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (order: 1) |
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| is the basis for: | The Demon Barber |
| quotes music from: | Missa pro defunctis: Sequentia “Dies irae” (plainchant) |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1979-03-12 – 1979-03-13 | The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd… | Len Cariou, Company | 3:34 | |
| 1992-06-10 | Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd (live, 1992-06-10: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA) | instrumental, live and medley | Jerry Hadley, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry | 7:30 |
| 1996-03-08 – 1996-03-10 | The Ballad of Sweeney Todd | live | Stephen Sondheim | 4:30 |
| 2000-05 | Prelude | live and partial | Stephen Sondheim | 0:46 |
| 2000-05 | The Ballad of Sweeney Todd | live and partial | George Hearn, Company | 3:06 |
| 2001-07-13 – 2001-07-15 | Sweeney Todd Rhapsody | medley | Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles | 15:32 |
| Constantly Risking Absurdity: Opening Title from “Sweeney Todd” / Phrygian Gates / Bach 2 Part Invention in D minor / Serenada Schizophrana / I Will Wait for You from “Parapluies de Cherbourg” / Dance Movements | medley | Blue Devils | 11:44 | |
| Ink | medley | Blue Devils | 11:19 | |
| Opening Title | instrumental | Stephen Sondheim | 3:31 | |
| The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd | cover | Dee Snider | ?:?? | |