Send in the Clowns

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show tune song

"Send in the Clowns" is a reflective ballad from the 1973 musical *A Little Night Music* that became one of Stephen Sondheim’s most famous and frequently recorded songs.

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Label Occurrences
Send in the Clowns canonical 3
song "Send in the Clowns" 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithComposer Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
broadwayMusicalDebut A Little Night Music ⓘ
surface form: A Little Night Music (1973)
broadwayOpeningYearOfSourceMusical 1973 ⓘ
composer Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalStatus American songbook standard ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1973 ⓘ
frequentlyDescribedAs standard ⓘ
torch song ⓘ
fromAct Act II of A Little Night Music ⓘ
genre ballad ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasNotableCoverArtist Angela Lansbury ⓘ
Barbra Streisand ⓘ
Bing Crosby ⓘ
Dame Cleo Laine ⓘ
surface form: Cleo Laine

Frank Sinatra ⓘ
Glenn Close ⓘ
Glynis Johns ⓘ
Judy Collins ⓘ
Judi Dench ⓘ
surface form: Judy Dench

Sarah Vaughan ⓘ
Shirley Bassey ⓘ
hasTitlePhraseMeaning the clowns are the people who have made a mess of things ⓘ
includedIn A Little Night Music ⓘ
surface form: A Little Night Music (original cast recording)
inspiredBySourceMaterial A Little Night Music ⓘ
surface form: Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night (via A Little Night Music)
language English ⓘ
lyricist Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
musicalStyle reflective ballad ⓘ
musicalTheatreEra 20th-century musical theatre ⓘ
notableFor becoming one of Stephen Sondheim's most famous songs ⓘ
being frequently recorded by popular singers ⓘ
crossover success outside musical theatre ⓘ
originalContext sung by Desiree Armfeldt to Fredrik Egerman ⓘ
originalMusical A Little Night Music ⓘ
originalMusicalPremiereYear 1973 ⓘ
originalPerformer Glynis Johns ⓘ
originalPerformerCharacter Desiree Armfeldt ⓘ
originalProductionLocation Broadway ⓘ
partOfMusical A Little Night Music ⓘ
performanceTradition often performed as a standalone concert piece ⓘ
publicationYear 1973 ⓘ
thematicFocus missed opportunities ⓘ
regret ⓘ
romantic disappointment ⓘ
workOf Stephen Sondheim ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stephen Sondheim → notableSong → Send in the Clowns ⓘ
Judy Collins → notableWork → Send in the Clowns ⓘ
this entity surface form: song "Send in the Clowns"
The Broadway Album (1985 album) → hasPart → Send in the Clowns ⓘ
subject surface form: The Broadway Album
A Little Night Music → notableSong → Send in the Clowns ⓘ