Miscellaneous Songs
Concertino for Two Pianos (1949)
Available Recordings
None
Sonata for Piano in C major (1950)
Available Recordings
None
Sonata in G minor for Violin Solo ("A Very Short Violin Sonata") (1951)
Sondheim Tonight
Christmas Island at Christmas Time (1951)
Music by Mary Rodgers
All Is Calm, All Is Bright (D.C. Anderson)
A Star Is Born (1954)
Birthday song for Kitty Lou Hollerith
Sondheim Sings, Vol. II (1946-60)
You're Only as Old as You Look (1955)
Birthday song for Julian Beaty, Jr.
Sondheim Sings, Vol. II (1946-60)
The Night Is the Best Time of the Day (1958)
Commissioned by Kay Thompson
Available Recordings
None
All I Need Is the Boy (1959)
Music by Jule Styne
Alternate lyrics for "All I Need Is the Girl"
Let Me Entertain You (Carol Burnett Sings)
Come Over Here (1960)
Music by Jule Styne
Written for Tony Bennett, but not used
Available Recordings
None
Home Is the Place (1960)
Music by Jule Styne
Written for Tony Bennett
Yesterday I Heard the Rain
Mommy on the Telephone (1961)
Birthday song for Mary Rodgers Beaty
Available Recordings
None
Birthday Prayer (1962)
Piano piece written for Leonard Bernstein
Available Recordings
None
With Lindsay It's Coming Up Roses (1965)
Music by Jule Styne
Alternate lyrics for "Everything's Coming Up Roses" written for John V. Lindsay's New York City mayoral campaign
Available Recordings
No commercial recordings
El Eco (1972)
Lyrics set to Peruvian folk melody
Written for Art Garfunkel, but not used
Available Recordings
None
I Am Content (1978)
Song for Hal Prince's 50th birthday
Available Recordings
None
The Saga of Lenny (1988)
Song for Leonard Bernstein's 70th birthday, parody of "The Saga of Jenny" by Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin from Lady in the Dark
Available Recordings
No commercial recordings
Doug Levine (1993)
Song for Hal Prince's 65th birthday with alternate lyrics to music from various Sondheim/Prince collaborations
Available Recordings
None
The Arthur Laurents Eightieth Birthday Song (1998)
Music by Jule Styne
Song for Arthur Laurents' 80th birthday with alternate lyrics to music from Gypsy
Available Recordings
None
Hey, Mr. Producer! (1998)
Music by Stephen Sondheim & Andrew Lloyd Webber
Tribute song for Cameron Mackintosh using music from Lloyd Webber's "The Music of the Night" and Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns"
Available Recordings
Hey Mr. Producer! - The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
I Have the Funniest Feeling (unknown)
Available Recordings
None
Citations
- Concertino for Two Pianos. Hal Leonard. (n.d.). Retrieved April 22, 2023, from https://www.halleonard.com/product/241671/concertino-for-two-pianos
- Horowitz, M. E. (2010). Sondheim on Music: Minor Details and Major Decisions (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield.
- Sondheim, S. (2011). Look, I Made a Hat: Collected Lyrics (1981-2011) with Attendant Comments, Amplifications, Dogmas, Harangues, Digressions, Anecdotes and Miscellany. United States: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
- Swayne, S. (2010). How Sondheim Found His Sound. Ukraine: University of Michigan Press.