Seventy-Six Trombones

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"Seventy-Six Trombones" is a famous show tune and marching-style anthem from the 1957 Broadway musical *The Music Man*.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marching song
show tune
song
associatedCharacter Harold Hill
associatedWith American popular music of the 1950s
Broadway musical theatre
broadwayTheatre Majestic Theatre
composer Meredith Willson
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describes a boys' band parade
featuredInFilm The Music Man
surface form: The Music Man (1962 film)

The Music Man
surface form: The Music Man (2003 television film)
firstPerformanceYear 1957
form verse-chorus form
genre march
show tune
hasFamousLine Seventy-Six Trombones self-linksurface differs
surface form: "Seventy-six trombones led the big parade"
hasKey B-flat major
hasReprise Yes
hasSheetMusicPublisher Frank Music Corp.
hasWikipediaPage Seventy-Six Trombones self-linksurface differs
surface form: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventy-Six_Trombones
influenced American marching band culture
language English
lyricist Meredith Willson
notableFor being the signature song of The Music Man
its rousing marching-band style
notableInstrumentation brass band
trombones
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1957-12-19
originalMedium Broadway musical
originalProduction The Music Man
surface form: The Music Man (1957 Broadway production)
partOf The Music Man
The Music Man
surface form: The Music Man (1957 Broadway musical)
publicationYear 1957
recordedBy Robert Preston
original Broadway cast of The Music Man
various marching bands
repriseInterwovenWith Goodnight, My Someone
settingInWork River City, Iowa
sungByCharacter Harold Hill
tempo march tempo
timeSignature 4/4
title Seventy-Six Trombones self-link
usedAs parade anthem
school band repertoire

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Meredith Willson composedSong Seventy-Six Trombones
The Music Man notableSong Seventy-Six Trombones
Seventy-Six Trombones title Seventy-Six Trombones self-link
Seventy-Six Trombones hasFamousLine Seventy-Six Trombones self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: "Seventy-six trombones led the big parade"
Seventy-Six Trombones hasWikipediaPage Seventy-Six Trombones self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventy-Six_Trombones
Harold Hill associatedSong Seventy-Six Trombones
Goodnight, My Someone contrastsWith Seventy-Six Trombones