Greatest Hits: Stephen Sondheim’s Williams mentor

Our website can have a wide reach. Sometimes we get an an avalanche of hits from around the world. When the legendary Stephen Sondheim ’50 died, the New York Times obituary referenced Sondheim’s mentor Robert Barrow, Professor of Music at Williams. Readers flocked to our site in droves, seeking more information about Prof. Barrow. The tributes published here by Bob Chambers (and Bob Cricenti) actually show up as the first hit on an Internet search.

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