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At several points, Sondheim has multiple performers each sing a different song simultaneously.
This use of counterpoint maintains coherence even as it extends the notion of a round, familiar in songs such as the traditional " Frère Jacques ", into something more complex.
Sondheim said: " As for the three songs ... going together well, I might as well confess.
In those days I was just getting into contrapuntal and choral writing ... and I wanted to develop my technique by writing a trio.
What I didn't want to do is the quodlibet method ... wouldn't it be nice to have three songs you don't think are going to go together, and they do go together ...
The trick was the little vamp on " Soon " which has five-and six-note chords.
" Steve Swayne comments that the " contrapuntal episodes in the extended ensembles ... stand as testament to his interest in Counterpoint.

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