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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jonathan_TunickJonathan Tunick - Wikipedia

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   Contents. Jonathan Tunick. Jonathan Tunick (born April 19, 1938, New York City) is an American orchestrator, musical director, and composer, and one of twenty-one people to have received the " EGOT " honor of winning all four major American show business awards: the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony. [ 1 ] He is best known for orchestrating the ...

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   Jan 13, 2024 · For the Broadway premiere of “Company” in 1970, Tunick fashioned a crisp, gleaming sound that was the aural equivalent of the chrome-and-glass set by Boris Aronson. Tunick conjured a hellacious soundscape for the macabre “Sweeney Todd”: agitated strings, blazing horns and frantic xylophones that evoke the scurrying of rats.

3. www.broadwayworld.com › shows › creativeCompany - 1970 Broadway - Creative Team

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   Jonathan Tunick is an American orchestrator, musical director, and composer. Tunick’s stage career began with Take Five (1957). He went on to collaborate memorably with Stephen Sondheim ...

4. www.nytimes.com › 2024/01/10 › theaterThe EGOT Winner Behind Sondheim’s Signature Sound

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   Jan 10, 2024 · In fact, Tunick, 85, has orchestrated nearly every Sondheim musical since 1970, including “Company,” “A Little Night Music,” “Pacific Overtures,” “Into the Woods” and “Passion ...

5. inside.bard.edu › news › new-york-times-profileThe New York Times Profiles Jonathan Tunick ’58, “The EGOT ...

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   Jan 17, 2024 · New York Times. Profiles Jonathan Tunick ’58, “The EGOT Winner Behind Sondheim’s Signature Sound”. L-R: Jonathan Tunick ’58 and Carl Davis ’58 at their 60th Reunion. Photo by China Jorrin ’86. Listening to a demo of Stephen Sondheim’s “Losing My Mind” is a very different experience from the final product available on the ...

6. www.playbill.com › article › how-2-phone-callsHow 2 Phone Calls Changed the Life of Frequent Sondheim ...

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   Jul 7, 2023 · Tony winner Jonathan Tunick, currently represented on Broadway with his orchestrations for the Tony-nominated revival of Sweeney Todd, was Stephen Sondheim’s orchestrator of choice, arranging ...

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   Who is Jonathan Tunick?

   • Jonathan Tunick (born April 19, 1938, New York City) is an American orchestrator, musical director, and composer, and one of eighteen of the "EGOT" – people to have won all four major American showbusiness awards: the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.

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   How did Jonathan Tunick become an orchestrator?

   • For Jonathan Tunick, an early love of “Tubby the Tuba” led to a career as an orchestrator. He talks about his Sondheim partnership, and creating a sound that “can hint at unspoken secrets.” “Lighting for the ears” is how Jonathan Tunick describes the work provided by an orchestrator.

   The EGOT Winner Behind Sondheim’s Signature Sound

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   How did Jonathan Tunick create 'lighting for the ears'?

   • He talks about his Sondheim partnership, and creating a sound that “can hint at unspoken secrets.” “Lighting for the ears” is how Jonathan Tunick describes the work provided by an orchestrator. He said the orchestra can produce “its own shadings of light, darkness, warmth and texture to the music and lyrics.”

   The EGOT Winner Behind Sondheim’s Signature Sound

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   How did one piece of music affect Jonathan Tunick?

   • ONE PIECE OF MUSIC made a big impression on the young Jonathan Tunick: “Tubby the Tuba,” the 1945 children’s song, centers on a forlorn tuba who longs to play the melody instead of just the bass line. Much like “Peter and the Wolf,” the song highlighted the distinct characters of the individual instruments of the orchestra.

   The EGOT Winner Behind Sondheim’s Signature Sound

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   Does Jonathan Tunick have a nose?

   • The short answer: Jonathan Tunick. “I seem to have a nose for the theater, and it’s really like that,” Tunick, the prolific Broadway orchestrator, said during an interview in his book-lined study on the Upper West Side. “If something works, you can almost smell it.”

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   How does Tunick orchestrate a Broadway show?

   • Typically, for a Broadway show of the kind Tunick might orchestrate, the composer provides the vocal part along with some form of accompaniment. That accompaniment can be a basic chord sheet, a fully realized piano part or anything in between.

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8. www.criterionchannel.com › original-cast-albumFrank Rich, Stephen Sondheim, and Jonathan Tunick on “Company”

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   A biting satire of modern relationships, the 1970 musical comedy “Company” marked the emergence of Stephen Sondheim as the premier composer-lyricist of his generation, and the beginning of his fruitful collaboration with orchestrator Jonathan Tunick. In the following conversation, Sondheim and Tu...