Scarborough Fair/Canticle

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"Scarborough Fair/Canticle" is a 1960s folk-rock song by Simon & Garfunkel that intertwines a traditional English ballad with an anti-war counter-melody.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
arranger Art Garfunkel
Paul Simon
artist Simon & Garfunkel
associatedAct Art Garfunkel
Paul Simon
basedOn Scarborough Fair/Canticle self-linksurface differs
surface form: Scarborough Fair (traditional ballad)
composer Paul Simon
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresCounterMelody Canticle
genre folk
folk rock
hasChorusPhrase Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
hasPart Canticle (counter-melody)
Scarborough Fair/Canticle self-linksurface differs
surface form: Scarborough Fair (traditional melody)
hasTitleElement Canticle
Scarborough Fair/Canticle self-linksurface differs
surface form: Scarborough Fair
instrumentation acoustic guitar
vocals
language English
lyricist Art Garfunkel
Paul Simon
lyricTheme anti-war
love
pacifism
notableFor interweaving traditional ballad with anti-war counter-melody
use in 1960s counterculture
partOf Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
performer Simon & Garfunkel
producer Bob Johnston
recordedBy Simon & Garfunkel
recordLabel Columbia Records
releasePeriod 1960s
releaseYear 1966
side Side one
subjectOf copyright dispute over traditional material credit
tempo slow
timeSignature 3/4
trackNumber 1
usedIn The Graduate (film soundtrack)
vocalist Art Garfunkel
Paul Simon
vocalStyle two-part harmony

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Simon & Garfunkel notableWork Scarborough Fair/Canticle
Scarborough hasCulturalAssociation Scarborough Fair/Canticle
this entity surface form: “Scarborough Fair” (traditional song)
Girl from the North Country influencedBy Scarborough Fair/Canticle
this entity surface form: Scarborough Fair
Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 notableWork Scarborough Fair/Canticle
this entity surface form: Scarborough Fair
Scarborough Fair/Canticle basedOn Scarborough Fair/Canticle self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Scarborough Fair (traditional ballad)
Scarborough Fair/Canticle hasPart Scarborough Fair/Canticle self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Scarborough Fair (traditional melody)
Scarborough Fair/Canticle hasTitleElement Scarborough Fair/Canticle self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Scarborough Fair
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme hasTrack Scarborough Fair/Canticle
Greatest Hits (Simon & Garfunkel album) includesTrack Scarborough Fair/Canticle