Baubles, Bangles and Beads

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"Baubles, Bangles and Beads" is a popular show tune from the musical *Kismet*, adapted from a melody by Alexander Borodin and widely recorded by jazz and pop artists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song
adaptationType classical crossover
adaptedBy George Forrest NERFINISHED
Robert Wright NERFINISHED
associatedAct Kismet (musical) NERFINISHED
basedOn String Quartet No. 2 in D major by Alexander Borodin NERFINISHED
music by Alexander Borodin
second movement of String Quartet No. 2 in D major
composer Alexander Borodin NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceIn Broadway musical Kismet NERFINISHED
fromMusical Kismet NERFINISHED
genre jazz
show tune
traditional pop
hasForm verse-chorus song form
hasLyricsTheme luxury and ornamentation
romantic allure
inCatalogOf Great American Songbook NERFINISHED
language English
lyricist George Forrest NERFINISHED
Robert Wright NERFINISHED
musicalPremiereYear 1953
musicalStyleFeature derived from a classical string quartet melody
often performed in swing and ballad arrangements
notablePerformer Doretta Morrow NERFINISHED
Richard Kiley NERFINISHED
notableRecordingArtist Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED
Peggy Lee NERFINISHED
Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED
The Kirby Stone Four NERFINISHED
The Norman Luboff Choir NERFINISHED
Tony Bennett NERFINISHED
originalMedium Broadway stage musical
partOf Kismet NERFINISHED
period 1950s popular music
publisher Tams-Witmark (stage rights for Kismet) NERFINISHED
theatricalContext sung in a marketplace/jewelry-shop setting in Kismet
title Baubles, Bangles and Beads NERFINISHED
usedIn film adaptation of Kismet (1955)

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Kismet hasMusicalNumber Baubles, Bangles and Beads
subject surface form: Kismet (1955 film)