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Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.

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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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Dramaturge
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Musician
Poet
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New York City
New York
Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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