Musicology Annotation << Back Stephen Sondheim — the Chanter of Outsiders in Musical Theatre. Part II Olga-Lisa Monde The article deals with analysis of the heritage of Stephen Sondheim, a famous composer, in the field of musical theatre. Having written scores for 13 musicals, he showed himself as a great experimentalist and an author of a unique musical style. As a rule, the so called “superfluous” people, a gallery of whose portraits is presented in this article, were main heroes of his musical works. The article is published in two parts, Part I is published in Nr. 8, 2011. Keywords: libretto, conceptual musical, compilation method, the superfluous man, outsider. E-mail: lmonde@rambler.ru. Pp. 19-25