RIP Sondheim, he was a personal hero of mine and an unparalleled force within the small world of musical theatre writing. As an artist he absorbed and perfected

RIP Sondheim, he was a personal hero of mine and an unparalleled force within the small world of musical theatre writing. As an artist he absorbed and perfected the craft of everyone who came before him, and he was an excellent teacher - both directly through his shows but also in mentoring other artists. If you study his teachings[0][1] about writing musical theatre you'll find a lot of parallels with programming and software (in fact, Sondheim planned to be a mathematician before becoming a composer.) His three mottos have stood me well, both as a composer and a developer: "Less is more Content dictates form God is in the details All in the service of clarity, without which nothing else matters" An absolute master. [0]: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-iraDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT13&ots=dJmkMWf9kz&dq=Content%20dictates%20form%20Less%20is%20more%20God%20is%20in%20the%20details%20%20All%20in%20the%20service%20of%20clarity%2C%20without%20which%20nothing%20else%20matters&pg=PT13#v=onepage&q=Content%20dictates%20form%20Less%20is%20more%20God%20is%20in%20the%20details%20%20All%20in%20the%20service%20of%20clarity,%20without%20which%20nothing%20else%20matters&f=false https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-iraDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PT13&ot... [1]: There are so many brilliant videos of him explaining his craft - including this: https://youtu.be/NUN_MTChn5M?t=86 https://youtu.be/NUN_MTChn5M?t=86