How the Music Spoils Sweeney Todd (and why that's a good thing)

Attend the tale of the Dies Irae

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Sources/Links:

This blog post has most (if not all) of the instances of the Dies Irae:
http://dropera.blogspot.com/2014/09/s...

Another great article about the characterization in Sweeney Todd, also some Dies Irae:
https://www.fromscoretostage.com/sing...

Sondheim's breakdown of Epiphany:
   • Epiphany Sweeney Todd Sondheim at the...  

Sondheim discussing using just a single idea and developing it:
   • Stephen Sondheim on “Sweeney Todd” an...  

Into The Hoods's Sweeney Todd breakdown (I HIGHLY recommend watching this):
   • (Part 1/20) - Sondheim's "Sweeney Tod...  

Musicals w/ Cheese's Epiphany breakdown:
   • Analysis of "Epiphany" from Sweeney Todd  

Kevin Lynch's Epiphany breakdown:
   • Breaking Down the Score: "Epiphany" f...  

TheDetectiveSteve's review of Burton's adaptation of Sweeney Todd:
   • Detective Reviews #39 - Sweeney Todd:...  

Bobby Burns's review of Burton's adaptation of Sweeney Todd:
   • Sweeney Todd: How To Adapt - Bobby Burns  

Full discussion of Sweeney Todd that I completely forgot to credit in the video (sorry!) by Musicals w/Cheese:
   • Sweeney Todd is a PERFECT MUSICAL  

Sondheim discussing the Dies Irae and Sweeney's musical identity:
   • Sweeney Todd Rare 1980 South Bank Sho...  

An amazing dissertation on Sweeney Todd (It's where I read about how there are 15 leitmotifs, and that 13 are directly related to the Dies Irae):
https://uh-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handl...

Another amazing thesis that collected several critical leitmotifs from Sweeney Todd, also, naturally, discusses the inclusion of the Dies Irae at length:
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/76...

And the third thesis that I looked at in preparation for this video that corroborated everything else that I had read:
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/...

Dies Irae Excerpt:
   • Serpent & Ophicleide - Dies Irae (ext...  

Live Epiphany Clip:
   • Sweeney Todd | Epiphany - Michael Bal...  

Finally, "Sondheim on Music" by Mark Eden Horowitz
I can't recommend this book enough, it's such a fun read.