Songs

Prelude

Song Details

• Show: Sweeney Todd (21)
• Music: Stephen Sondheim (293)
• Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim (293)
• Book: Hugh Wheeler (8)

• Title Variations: Opening Title
  

Appears on these Recordings

	Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street		1979	Original Broadway Cast
	Sweeney Todd: Live In Concert		2000	New York Concert Cast
	Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street		2007	Film Soundtrack

Note: this song may also appear on other recordings whose tracks have not yet been indexed.

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