I Could Write a Book (jazz standard)
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"I Could Write a Book" is a popular jazz standard and show tune from the 1940 musical Pal Joey, widely performed and recorded by jazz and pop vocalists.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
jazz standard
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popular song → show tune → |
| associatedAct |
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
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| cataloguedAs |
Rodgers and Hart song
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| composer |
Richard Rodgers
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| era |
Golden Age of Broadway
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Tin Pan Alley era → |
| firstAppearanceIn |
Pal Joey (stage musical)
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| frequentlyRecordedBy |
jazz instrumentalists
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jazz vocalists → pop vocalists → |
| genre |
jazz
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traditional pop → |
| hasStyle |
American popular song
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swing-influenced ballad → |
| includedIn |
Great American Songbook repertoire
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| isStandardIn |
jazz instrumental repertoire
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jazz vocal repertoire → |
| language |
English
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| lyricalTheme |
expressing love through writing a book
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| lyricist |
Lorenz Hart
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| musicBy |
Richard Rodgers
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| notablePerformanceBy |
Anita O'Day
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Chet Baker → Dinah Washington → Ella Fitzgerald → Frank Sinatra → Harry Connick Jr. → Miles Davis → Oscar Peterson → Sarah Vaughan → Tony Bennett → |
| originalMedium |
Broadway musical
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| originalProductionLocation |
Broadway
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| originalStageProductionYear |
1940
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| partOfWork |
Pal Joey
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| performancePractice |
often performed as a ballad
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sometimes performed at a medium swing tempo → |
| publicationYear |
1940
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| subjectMatter |
romantic love
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| tempo |
medium tempo (commonly)
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| theatricalContext |
introduced in the musical Pal Joey
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| typicalForm |
32-bar AABA form
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| usedAs |
jazz repertoire standard
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| vocalOrInstrumental |
vocal song
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| wordsBy |
Lorenz Hart
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Richard Rodgers
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