Lonely Town

E202818

show tune song

"Lonely Town" is a poignant ballad from the 1944 Broadway musical *On the Town*, known for its expressive melody and themes of urban isolation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lonely Town canonical	2
Lonely Town (song lyrics)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	show tune ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedWith	Broadway musical theatre repertoire ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter	Gabey ⓘ
basedOn	Jerome Robbins ballet idea for On the Town ⓘ
composer	Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
firstPerformanceYear	1944 ⓘ
genre	Broadway song ⓘ ballad ⓘ show tune ⓘ
hasCulturalContext	World War II era Broadway ⓘ
hasForm	ballad form ⓘ
hasKeyConcept	feeling alone in a crowd ⓘ
hasMelodyCharacteristic	expressive melody ⓘ
hasTheme	alienation ⓘ loneliness ⓘ urban isolation ⓘ
hasType	torch song ⓘ
includedIn	On the Town ⓘ surface form: On the Town original Broadway score
lyricist	Adolph Green ⓘ Betty Comden ⓘ
musicalStyle	lyrical ⓘ romantic ⓘ
notableFor	expressive orchestration ⓘ poignant mood ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	On the Town ⓘ
partOfMusicalTheatreProduction	On the Town ⓘ surface form: On the Town (1944 Broadway production)
partOfWork	On the Town ⓘ
publicationYear	1944 ⓘ
setting	New York City ⓘ urban environment ⓘ
workFromPeriod	Golden Age of Broadway (early phase) ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Broadway

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

On the Town → notableSong → Lonely Town ⓘ

Gabey → notableSongInvolvement → Lonely Town ⓘ

Elizabeth Cohen → notableWork → Lonely Town ⓘ

subject surface form: Betty Comden

this entity surface form: Lonely Town (song lyrics)