uncommon professionalism. The copyediting by Marjorie Pan-
nell was especially notable. I am also indebted to the staffs of the
Sidney Cox Music Library at Cornell University and the Music
and Rare Books Room of the British Library.
Portions of chapter 1 were published earlier in slightly dif-
ferent form in “Brecht and Sondheim: An Unholy Alliance” in
the Brecht Yearbook, 30 (2005), and I am indebted to the editor,
Stephen Brockmann, for permission to use this material.
Quotations from “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top,”
copyright © 1943 by Williamson Music, copyright renewed,
international copyright secured, all rights reserved. Used by
permission.
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