1. STEPHEN SCHWARTZ LYRICIST, COMPOSER, ARTIST

2. ABOUT THE COMPOSER BORN MARCH 6, 1948 STUDIED AT THE JULLIARD SCHOOL AND ALSO CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY WAS INDUCTED INTO THE AMERICAN THEATRE HALL OF FAME IN 2009 PRESIDENT OF THE DRAMATISTS GUILD OF AMERICA FROM 2009-2014 RECEIVED THE ISABELLE STEVENSON AWARD IN 2015 HAS WORK ON BOTH THEATRE AND SOME FILMS (NOTABLY ANIMATED DISNEY FILMS)

3. MOST FAMOUS WORKS GODSPELL (1971)- BASED ON THE PARABLES OF THE BIBLE PIPPIN (1972)- ABOUT AN ACTING TROUPE TELLING THE STORY OF PIPPIN, SON OF CHARLEMAGNE WORKING (1978)- A MUSICAL ABOUT THE LIVES OF EVERYDAY PEOPLE IN THEIR JOBS WICKED (2003)- TAKES PLACES IN THE LAND OF OZ FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE WITCHES COLLABORATED WITH LEONARD BERNSTEIN (WEST SIDE STORY) ON THE BERNSTEIN MASS HAS COMPOSED FOR POCAHONTAS, HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, PRINCE OF EGYPT, AND ENCHANTED

4. STYLE OF MUSIC EACH TYPE OF MUSICAL HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE SOUND TO MATCH THE THEME. GODSPELL HAS A RELIGIOUS MIXED WITH A FUNKY TONE TO CREATE ITS SOUND PIPPIN HAS A FUN UPBEAT AND SOUL FILLED SCORE TO HAVE ITS CARNIVAL TYPE THEME SCHWARTZ HAS A TENDENCY TO ADD A POP STYLE OF THE ERA INTO THE MUSIC HE WRITES PIPPIN- ON THE RIGHT TRACK (0:39-1:42) HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=X28J- M_11LC

6. BIBLIOGRAPHY "STEPHEN SCHWARTZ - BROADWAY, FILM, AND OPERA COMPOSER AND LYRICIST.", INTERVIEWS, AWARDS, PHOTOS, CAREER. N.P., N.D. WEB. 12 OCT. 2015. "STEPHEN SCHWARTZ | STEPHEN SCHWARTZ." STEPHEN SCHWARTZ RSS. N.P., N.D. WEB. 12 OCT. 2015.