Momma Look Sharp
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"Momma Look Sharp" is a poignant, anti-war ballad from the Broadway musical *1776* that reflects on the human cost of the American Revolution.
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| basedOnEvent | American Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Sherman Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstPerformanceIn | Broadway musical 1776 ⓘ |
| fromWork | 1776 ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-war song
ⓘ
ballad ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
battlefield death
ⓘ
maternal love ⓘ war casualties ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Sherman Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical ⓘ |
| musical | 1776 ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
dying soldier
ⓘ
soldier’s mother ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional impact in 1776
ⓘ
poignant anti-war message ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayProductionYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| partOf | 1776 ⓘ |
| performedInContextOf | Second Continental Congress setting in 1776 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
American Revolutionary War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
death of a young soldier ⓘ grief of a mother ⓘ human cost of war ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
1776 (musical)