Whoop-Ti-Ay! (Shivaree)
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"Whoop-Ti-Ay! (Shivaree)" is a lively musical number from the 1951 Lerner and Loewe stage musical *Paint Your Wagon*, known for its raucous, celebratory depiction of frontier life.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Whoop-Ti-Ay! (Shivaree) | 0 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | Golden Age of Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Lerner and Loewe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Paint Your Wagon (1951 stage musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnTradition | American shivaree wedding custom ⓘ |
| composer | Frederick Loewe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dramaticFunction |
celebratory crowd scene
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evokes rough-and-tumble frontier atmosphere ⓘ |
| firstAppearedIn | original 1951 stage production of Paint Your Wagon ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| genre |
musical theatre
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show tune ⓘ |
| hasCreator |
Alan Jay Lerner
NERFINISHED
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Frederick Loewe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | choral song ⓘ |
| hasPartName |
Shivaree
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Whoop-Ti-Ay! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRhythmicCharacter | up-tempo ⓘ |
| intendedPerformanceContext | onstage production number ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Alan Jay Lerner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mood |
lively
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raucous ⓘ |
| musicalTheatreStyle | show tune ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of a noisy frontier shivaree celebration ⓘ |
| originalMedium | stage ⓘ |
| partOf | Paint Your Wagon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfWorkType | stage musical ⓘ |
| performanceType | ensemble number ⓘ |
| setting |
American Old West
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frontier mining camp ⓘ |
| theme |
celebration
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frontier life ⓘ |
| title | Whoop-Ti-Ay! (Shivaree) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workChronologyWithinMusical | appears in early part of Paint Your Wagon story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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