Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'

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"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" is a classic show tune from the 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *Oklahoma!*, celebrated for its optimistic lyrics and iconic opening to the show.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song
show tune
song
associatedWith Rodgers and Hammerstein
associatedWork Oklahoma! (1955 film)
composer Richard Rodgers
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceIn Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: Oklahoma! (original Broadway production)
firstPerformanceYear 1943
fromMusical Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: Oklahoma!
genre show tune
hasComposerLyricistTeam Rodgers and Hammerstein
hasCulturalStatus American standard
classic show tune
hasForm solo song
hasKey major key
hasTempo moderate
hasTimePeriod World War II era
hasType opening number
influenced American musical theatre repertoire
introducedByCharacter Curly McLain
isStandardIn Great American Songbook
surface form: American songbook

Broadway repertoire
language English
lyricalTheme joy in everyday life
optimism
pastoral beauty
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II
musicalStyle Broadway musical
notableFor iconic opening of Oklahoma!
optimistic tone
notableLyric I got a beautiful feelin', everything's goin' my way
Oh, what a beautiful day
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' self-linksurface differs
surface form: Oh, what a beautiful mornin'
openingNumberOf Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: Oklahoma! (musical)
originalMedium stage musical
originalPerformerCharacter Curly McLain
originalProduction Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: Oklahoma! (1943 Broadway production)
partOf Oklahoma! (stage production)
surface form: Oklahoma! (musical)
positionInShow opening song
premiereCity New York City
premiereLocation Broadway
publisher Williamson Music
setting rural Oklahoma
sungByCharacter Curly McLain
usedInFilm Oklahoma! (1955 film)
surface form: Oklahoma! (1955 film adaptation)
yearOfCreation 1943

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Theme from "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (revised) basedOn Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
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Oklahoma! (1955 film) featuresSong Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' notableLyric Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Oh, what a beautiful mornin'
Richard Rodgers notableWork Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
Richard Rodgers notableWork Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
this entity surface form: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (song)
Richard Rodgers notableWork Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
this entity surface form: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (standard)
Richard Rodgers notableWork Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
this entity surface form: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' (popular song)
Curly McLain singsSong Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
Rodgers and Hammerstein wroteSong Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'