They Call the Wind Maria
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"They Call the Wind Maria" is a popular show tune from the 1951 Broadway musical *Paint Your Wagon*, known for its haunting melody and depiction of loneliness and longing in the American West.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| They Call the Wind Maria canonical | 3 |
| They Call the Wind Mariah | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
musical theatre song
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show tune ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWith | American musical theatre canon ⓘ |
| characterWhoSingsInMusical | Steve ⓘ |
| composer | Frederick Loewe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describes |
harshness of frontier life
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yearning for companionship ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| fromMusical | Paint Your Wagon ⓘ |
| genre |
Broadway music
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show tune ⓘ |
| hasAlternateSpelling |
They Call the Wind Maria
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surface form:
They Call the Wind Mariah
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| hasCulturalImpact | became a popular song outside the musical ⓘ |
| hasForm | ballad ⓘ |
| hasKey | minor key (commonly D minor in many arrangements) ⓘ |
| hasMeter | triple meter ⓘ |
| hasNotableRecording |
Bobby Darin recording
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Harve Presnell recording ⓘ Roger Whittaker recording ⓘ Shirley Bassey recording ⓘ Smothers Brothers recording ⓘ The Kingston Trio recording ⓘ Vaughn Monroe recording ⓘ |
| hasStyle | folk-influenced show tune ⓘ |
| includedIn | cast recordings of Paint Your Wagon ⓘ |
| includedInFilmAdaptation |
Paint Your Wagon
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surface form:
Paint Your Wagon (1969 film)
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| lyricist | Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ |
| medium | voice and orchestra ⓘ |
| musicBy | Frederick Loewe ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocative depiction of the American frontier
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haunting melody ⓘ use of personification of the wind ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalProduction |
Paint Your Wagon
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surface form:
Paint Your Wagon (1951 Broadway production)
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| partOf | Paint Your Wagon ⓘ |
| performedByCharacterType | cowboy ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Broadway theater
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surface form:
Broadway theatre
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| publicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| settingDescribed |
Old West
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surface form:
American West
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| theme |
isolation
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loneliness ⓘ longing ⓘ |
| title | They Call the Wind Maria self-link ⓘ |
| usedAs | popular standard ⓘ |
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