Mountain Greenery (song)

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"Mountain Greenery" is a popular 1926 show tune with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, known for its playful, pastoral imagery and enduring status as a jazz and pop standard.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard
pop standard
show tune
song
composer Richard Rodgers
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdBySongwritingTeam Richard Rodgers
surface form: Rodgers and Hart
era 1920s American popular music
firstPerformanceYear 1926
genre jazz
show tune
traditional pop
hasCharacteristic light-hearted mood
up-tempo feel
hasForm 32-bar song form
hasImagery mountain landscape
outdoor romance
rural life
hasMeter common time
hasNotablePerformer Bing Crosby
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
Mel Tormé
Tony Bennett
hasNotableRecording Bing Crosby – “Mountain Greenery”
Ella Fitzgerald
surface form: Ella Fitzgerald – “Mountain Greenery”

Frank Sinatra – “Mountain Greenery”
Mel Tormé
surface form: Mel Tormé – “Mountain Greenery”

Tony Bennett
surface form: Tony Bennett – “Mountain Greenery”
hasTheme nature
pastoral imagery
romantic love
isStandardIn Great American Songbook
jazz repertoire
language English
lyricist Lorenz Hart
lyricsBy Lorenz Hart
musicBy Richard Rodgers
notableFor pastoral setting
playful lyrics
wordplay
partOf Garrick Gaieties (1926 revue)
publicationYear 1926
style M. Witmark & Sons
surface form: Tin Pan Alley
writtenFor Garrick Gaieties (1926 revue)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richard Rodgers notableWork Mountain Greenery (song)
Richard Rodgers notableWork Mountain Greenery (song)
this entity surface form: Mountain Greenery (jazz standard)
Richard Rodgers notableWork Mountain Greenery (song)
this entity surface form: Mountain Greenery (popular song)