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From West Side Story to his most recent work, Assassins, Stephen Sondheim has made an indelible mark on American musical theatre. His 75th birthday is coming up this weekend, and we'll walk through the highs and lows of his career with New York Times arts writer, Jesse Green. We will then be joined by award-winning scholar Joseph Horowitz who will discuss his new book Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall, which illustrates classical music's rise and fall in America from the nineteenth century to the present. Also on the program: WNYC's Sara Fishko has travelled to New Orleans to produce her radio documentary, An Hour with Henry Butler. The legendary jazz pianist speaks with Fishko about his blindness, about growing up black in the South in the 1960s and about his views on mainstream jazz. We'll have a sneak preview today on the show.
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