September Song
E621827
"September Song" is a popular 1938 American standard composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Maxwell Anderson, known for its melancholic reflection on aging and the passage of time.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| “September Song” | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
popular standard
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| composer | Kurt Weill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs | American standard ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceBy | Walter Huston NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceProduction | Knickerbocker Holiday (original Broadway production) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| genre |
popular music
ⓘ
standard ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus | jazz standard ⓘ |
| hasForm |
ballad
ⓘ
popular song ⓘ |
| hasKeyInterpretation |
meditation on mortality
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reflection on lost youth ⓘ |
| hasMelodicStyle | lyrical ⓘ |
| hasQuality | reflective ⓘ |
| hasRecording |
Bing Crosby 1943 recording
ⓘ
Frank Sinatra 1946 recording ⓘ Walter Huston 1938 recording ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
late-life romance
ⓘ
limited time left in life ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow ⓘ |
| influencedBy | European cabaret style ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Maxwell Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Maxwell Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Kurt Weill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Bing Crosby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimmy Durante NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Huston NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | musical Knickerbocker Holiday ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
ⓘ
passage of time ⓘ |
| tone | melancholic ⓘ |
| usedIn |
film soundtracks
ⓘ
television programs ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1938 ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
“September Song”