To Life

E268013
musical theatre song show tune song

"To Life" is a lively celebratory song from the musical *Fiddler on the Roof*, sung as a toast to good fortune and resilience amid hardship.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
appearsInFilmAdaptation Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (1971 film)
associatedCulture Jewish culture ⓘ
associatedReligion Judaism ⓘ
basedOn Tevye the Dairyman ⓘ
surface form: Tevye and his Daughters
basedOnWorkAuthor Sholem Aleichem ⓘ
composer Jerry Bock ⓘ
containsPhrase L’chaim ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalReference Jewish toast "L’chaim" ⓘ
danceFormFeatured bottle dance (stage choreography element in some productions) ⓘ
dramaticContext celebration of Tevye’s agreement to marry off his daughter Tzeitel to Lazar Wolf ⓘ
fictionalSettingType shtetl ⓘ
filmDirectorOfAdaptation Norman Jewison ⓘ
fromMusical Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalMotive to life, to life, l’chaim ⓘ
lyricist Sheldon Harnick ⓘ
mood festive ⓘ
lively ⓘ
musicalStyleElement dance number ⓘ
klezmer influence ⓘ
narrativeFunction celebratory toast ⓘ
expression of hope amid hardship ⓘ
notablePerformer Leonard Frey ⓘ
Topol ⓘ
Zero Mostel ⓘ
originalBroadwayCity New York City ⓘ
originalBroadwayProductionLocation Imperial Theatre ⓘ
originalProduction Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway premiere) ⓘ
surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Broadway production)
partOf Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
setting Anatevka ⓘ
sungByCharacter Lazar Wolf ⓘ
Tevye ⓘ
sungByEnsemble Russian soldiers ⓘ
villagers of Anatevka ⓘ
tempoCharacteristic up-tempo ⓘ
theme community celebration ⓘ
drinking and toasting ⓘ
good fortune ⓘ
resilience ⓘ
vocalForces male chorus ⓘ
mixed ensemble ⓘ
yearOfPremiere 1964 ⓘ

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Fiddler on the Roof → musicFeature → To Life ⓘ