Are there any cases in which Sondheim altered the stress pattern in a word in order for it to fit better into a song?
Can’t seem to come up with anything right now (will definitely look deeper into it). This practice is quite common in pop music, I’m not sure how much in musical theater in general - But I was wondering if Sondheim could ever do such a thing.
By altering the stress pattern I mean moving the stress from one syllable to another in the same word