It Ain’t Necessarily So
E270197
"It Ain’t Necessarily So" is a famous song from George Gershwin’s opera *Porgy and Bess*, known for its jazzy style and skeptical lyrics about biblical stories.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| It Ain’t Necessarily So canonical | 4 |
| It Ain’t Necessarily So (album) | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
show tune
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| appearsInAct |
Porgy and Bess
ⓘ
surface form:
Act II of Porgy and Bess
|
| associatedWork | Porgy and Bess ⓘ |
| basedOn | biblical stories (skeptically referenced) ⓘ |
| composer | George Gershwin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
George Gershwin
ⓘ
Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceIn | Porgy and Bess ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
became a jazz standard
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widely recorded by jazz and popular singers ⓘ |
| hasTitle | It Ain’t Necessarily So self-link ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
questioning religious dogma
ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ |
| lyricist | Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| musicalForm | song ⓘ |
| notableFor |
jazzy musical style
ⓘ
skeptical lyrics about biblical stories ⓘ |
| originalContext | sung by a drug dealer tempting others away from faith ⓘ |
| originalInstrumentation | voice and orchestra ⓘ |
| originalMedium | opera ⓘ |
| partOf | Porgy and Bess ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| publisher | T. B. Harms (for Porgy and Bess songs) ⓘ |
| setting |
Catfish Row
ⓘ
surface form:
Catfish Row (within Porgy and Bess)
|
| sungByCharacter | Sportin’ Life ⓘ |
| workTitleStyle | uses nonstandard English in title ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
It Ain’t Necessarily So (album)