Andrew
Lloyd Webber is a very interesting person and a unique composer. He is so
considerate and careful about his music that at times his fear of being blamed
for the lack of originality may even get paranoid. He is known to have been
permanently asking the restaurant staff to turn off the background. The explanation?
He was afraid of being charged with music plagiarism. Some say that he also
asks his driver to turn off the radio, for the very same reason.
Maybe that
is why Andrew’s compositions do sound very original and unique. To take only
the famous multi-award winning musical “Phantom of the Opera”, that has been
seen by 130 million people in 145 cities in 27 countries. “All I Ask of You” is
one of the most loved songs in it. It appears in Act I of the musical when the heroine
escapes to the roof to talk with her friend who promises to love her and guard
from the Phantom.
