Marian the Librarian

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"Marian the Librarian" is a well-known show tune from the Broadway musical *The Music Man*, sung by the con man Harold Hill as he flirts with the town’s reserved librarian, Marian Paroo.

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Marian the Librarian canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune
song
addressedToCharacter Marian Paroo
associatedCreator Meredith Willson
associatedWork The Music Man
surface form: The Music Man (1962 film)
basedOnFictionalCharacter Marian Paroo
characterPerspective Harold Hill
composer Meredith Willson
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dramaticFunction develops relationship between Harold Hill and Marian Paroo
fictionalContext early 20th-century small-town America
firstPerformanceCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceIn The Music Man
surface form: The Music Man (Broadway production)
firstPerformanceLocation Broadway
fromMusical The Music Man
genre musical theatre
show tune
hasTitleCharacter Marian Paroo
includedInCastRecording The Music Man
surface form: The Music Man original Broadway cast recording

The Music Man
surface form: The Music Man original motion picture soundtrack
lyricalTheme charm and persuasion
courtship
romantic pursuit
lyricist Meredith Willson
lyricsBy Meredith Willson
medium voice and orchestra
musicalStyle light-hearted
musicalWorkType show tune
musicBy Meredith Willson
narrativeRole flirtatious song
notablePerformer Barbara Cook
Robert Preston
Shirley Jones
originalLanguage English
partOfWork The Music Man
performedByCharacter Harold Hill
placeInShow Act I
setIn River City, Iowa
targetAudience theatre audiences
tempoCharacteristic moderate
theatricalContext Broadway musical number
yearOfFirstPerformance 1957

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The Music Man notableSong Marian the Librarian
Harold Hill associatedSong Marian the Librarian
River City, Iowa notableSongSetHere Marian the Librarian