This delightful site offers biographical information on these great operetta collaborators along with detailed synopses of their works and even MIDI files of the tunes. (
http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/
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This biography of George M. Cohan is part of a larger site that offers detailed information on the history of musical theater in New York. (
http://www.musicals101.com/cohan.htm
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This site offers a wealth of information about George M. Cohan, including a biography, some great posters and photos, and sound files of his music. (
http://parlorsongs.com/issues/2004-7/thismonth/feature.asp
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This interactive site offers biographies on Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, and other important contributors to musical theater with video and audio examples of their work. (
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/hammerstein_o.html
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This site is includes a biography, sound samples, an interactive photographic timeline and much more on this great American composer, conductor, and educator. (
http://www.leonardbernstein.com/
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This site offers a synopsis and video highlights from the musical Candide as performed in New York with an all-star cast. (
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/candide/#
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This very detailed site offers a wealth of information on the work of Stephen Sondheim, including a biographical timeline, notes on important collaborators in his career, and details about individual musicals and productions. (
http://www.sondheimguide.com/
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This Kennedy Center site offers some clips of Sondheim's masterpiece Sweeney Todd, as produced in the nation's capital. (
http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=TCSWE...
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This site offers a biography, storylines, and video and audio clips from the massive oeuvre of Lord Lloyd Webber, the most successful composer of musicals during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. (
http://www.reallyuseful.com/rug/really/
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