Wrong Note Rag

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"Wrong Note Rag" is a lively, comic musical number from Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway musical *Wonderful Town*, known for its playful use of deliberate musical “mistakes.”

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"Wrong Note Rag" 1
Wrong Note Rag canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song
show tune
song
associatedWithCity New York City
basedOnStyle ragtime
composer Leonard Bernstein
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Leonard Bernstein
firstPerformanceInWork Wonderful Town
surface form: Wonderful Town original Broadway production
fromMusicalSetIn Greenwich Village
genre Broadway musical song
comic song
novelty song
hasTheme musical mistakes used for humor
playful self-referential commentary on music
hasTitleWord Note
Rag
Wrong
includedIn Wonderful Town
surface form: Wonderful Town original cast recording
language English
lyricist Adolph Green
Betty Comden
mediumOfPerformance voice and orchestra
musicalFeature close-harmony vocal writing
deliberate wrong notes
ragtime influence
syncopated rhythm
notableCharacteristic fast tempo
rhythmic complexity
uses intentional dissonances for comic effect
originalProductionYear 1953
partOfGenreTradition Golden Age Broadway musical theatre
partOfWork Wonderful Town
performanceType comic musical number
ensemble number
tone comic
playful
vocalForces chorus
female voices
workPeriod 20th century

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Wonderful Town notableSong Wrong Note Rag
Eileen Sherwood appearsInSong Wrong Note Rag
this entity surface form: "Wrong Note Rag"