Editing Adam Guettel (section)

== Style and influences ==
Early on, Guettel's music was almost immediately characterized by its complexity and chromaticism. His major influences include [[Igor Stravinsky]], [[Maurice Ravel]], [[Claude Debussy]], [[Benjamin Britten]], and [[Stevie Wonder]]. [[Stephen Sondheim]] has referred to Guettel's work as "dazzling."<ref name="rich">{{cite news |last=Rich |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Rich |date=2000-03-12 |title=Conversations With Sondheim |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/12/magazine/conversations-with-sondheim.html |access-date=2007-01-17 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In an interview, Guettel stated a portion of his influences that included [[I. M. Pei]], [[Louis Kahn]], [[Vincent Scully]], [[Jane Jacobs]], [[Igor Stravinsky]], [[Stevie Wonder]], [[Adam de la Halle]], [[Harry Nilsson]], [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]], [[Björk]], [[Erich Wolfgang Korngold]], [[Benjamin Britten]], [[William Inge]], [[Stephen Sondheim]], [[Jody Williams]], and [[Marvin Gaye]].<ref>{{cite web |last=James |first=Erin |title=A Quick Chat With Adam Guettel |url=https://www.aussietheatre.com.au/features/20-questions/a-quick-chat-with-adam-guettel |website=AussieTheatre.com |date=2013-06-03}}</ref>