Paul Salsini

Gebundenes Buch

Sondheim & Me

Revealing a Musical Genius

Beschreibung

Paul Salsini's memoir details his unique relationship with American musical composer Stephen Sondheim throughout his years as the founder and editor of The Sondheim Review, the only publication devoted solely to Sondheim's work during his lifetime.

Autor

Paul Salsini graduated from Marquette University with a degree in journalism and worked for The Milwaukee Journal for 37 years. He was a reporter, editor, and staff development director. He was also the Wisconsin correspondent for The New York Times for 15 years, and his travel essays have appeared in the Times and elsewhere. He taught writing courses at Marquette for many years, and is now the writing coach for Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. As someone knowledgeable about musical theater, he also taught the History of Musical Theater course at Marquette and in 1994 founded The Sondheim Review, a magazine devoted to the works of the composer/lyricist, and was its editor for ten years. He now gives musical theater presentations at retirement homes. He began writing fiction in 2006 with "The Cielo: A Novel of Wartime Tuscany." It won several awards and became the first in the six-volume "A Tuscan Series." His latest book, "A Tuscan Treasury: Stories from Italy's Most Captivating Region," was published in 2021. All ten of his books are set in Tuscany, the land of his roots. He and his wife Barbara have three children and four grandchildren. They live in Milwaukee with their cat Rosie.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bancroft Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781610885928
• ISBN-10: 1610885929
• Artikelnr.: 63630375