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1) Stephen Sondheim originally conceived of Sweeney Todd as an opera, but realized during the compositional process that it worked better as a musical due to concerns about length and keeping the story moving. 2) Sondheim borrowed compositional techniques from 19th century opera, such as the use of leitmotifs to represent characters. He assigned distinct musical themes to characters like Sweeney and Anthony. 3) These themes collide and intermingle at the climax, representing the coming together of the c

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Connor Martin Lidell

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