Some Enchanted Evening

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romantic ballad show tune song

Some Enchanted Evening is a classic romantic ballad from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "South Pacific," renowned as one of Richard Rodgers' most famous and enduring songs.

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Label Occurrences
Some Enchanted Evening canonical 7
"Some Enchanted Evening" 3
Reprise of Some Enchanted Evening 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf romantic ballad ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWith Rodgers and Hammerstein ⓘ
associatedWork South Pacific (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: South Pacific (1949 musical)
characterWhoSings Emile de Becque ⓘ
composer Richard Rodgers ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs one of Richard Rodgers' most famous songs ⓘ
standard of the American musical theatre repertoire ⓘ
famousFor evocative lyrics ⓘ
lush orchestration ⓘ
romantic melody ⓘ
firstBroadwayProductionCity New York City ⓘ
firstBroadwayProductionTheatre Majestic Theatre ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1949 ⓘ
fromMusical South Pacific ⓘ
genre show tune ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasCulturalStatus American Songbook standard ⓘ
popular standard ⓘ
hasForm verse-chorus structure ⓘ
includedIn South Pacific (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: South Pacific (original cast recording)
introducedIn original Broadway production of South Pacific ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
lyricsBy Oscar Hammerstein II ⓘ
musicBy Richard Rodgers ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Andy Williams ⓘ
Barbra Streisand ⓘ
Bing Crosby ⓘ
Bryan Adams ⓘ
Frank Sinatra ⓘ
José Carreras ⓘ
Perry Como ⓘ
Ray Conniff ⓘ
originalPerformer Ezio Pinza ⓘ
partOf South Pacific ⓘ
publicationYear 1949 ⓘ
style lyrical ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theatricalContext South Pacific ⓘ
theme destiny in love ⓘ
love at first sight ⓘ
romantic longing ⓘ

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Richard Rodgers → notableWork → Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
this entity surface form: Some Enchanted Evening (song)
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
this entity surface form: Some Enchanted Evening (popular song)
Rodgers and Hammerstein → wroteSong → Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
Theme from "Some Enchanted Evening" (revised) → basedOn → Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Some Enchanted Evening"
Theme from "Some Enchanted Evening" (revised) → isVersionOf → Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Some Enchanted Evening"
Theme from "Some Enchanted Evening" (revised) → isReworkedVersionOf → Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Some Enchanted Evening"
Jay and the Americans → notableWork → Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
South Pacific (1958 film) → notableSong → Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
South Pacific (stage production) → notableSong → Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
South Pacific (1999 film) → featuresSong → Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
Emile de Becque → singsSong → Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
Emile de Becque → singsSong → Some Enchanted Evening ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reprise of Some Enchanted Evening