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"Bernstein had written for a maximum of twenty-five musicians in the stage pit, but the film score sometimes required as many as seventy musicians for the stereophonic soundtrack." |
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| In a letter to Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, who supervised the Original Cast recording session in the composer's absence, reported that the number of musicians had been increased to 37 for the recording. |
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