If I Loved You

E66292

musical theatre song show tune song

"If I Loved You" is a classic romantic song from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Carousel," renowned for its lyrical exploration of unspoken love.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
"If I Loved You"	4
If I Loved You (popular song)	1
If I Loved You (song)	1
If I Loved You (standard)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical theatre song ⓘ show tune ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedWith	Broadway ⓘ Golden Age of Broadway (early phase) ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Broadway
basedOnWork	Liliom ⓘ
composer	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
firstPerformanceYear	1945 ⓘ
fromMusical	Carousel ⓘ
genre	romantic song ⓘ show tune ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	later romantic show tunes ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle	ballad ⓘ
hasNarrativeFunction	character development ⓘ expression of romantic feelings ⓘ
hasSubject	fear of commitment ⓘ love ⓘ vulnerability ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage	English ⓘ
hasType	duet ⓘ
includedIn	original 1945 production of Carousel ⓘ subsequent revivals of Carousel ⓘ
isStandardIn	musical theatre repertoire ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricalForm	conditional love declaration ⓘ
lyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicalTheatreComposer	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicalTheatreLyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	lyrical exploration of unspoken love ⓘ status as a standard of musical theatre repertoire ⓘ
originalContext	sung by the principal romantic leads in Carousel ⓘ
originalMedium	stage musical ⓘ
partOfWork	Carousel ⓘ
period	1940s American musical theatre ⓘ
premiereLocation	Broadway ⓘ
publicationYear	1945 ⓘ
theme	emotional hesitation ⓘ romantic longing ⓘ unspoken love ⓘ
wordsBy	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
workPeriod	Rodgers and Hammerstein era ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Theme from "If I Loved You" (revised) → basedOn → If I Loved You ⓘ

this entity surface form: "If I Loved You"

Theme from "If I Loved You" (revised) → hasSourceSong → If I Loved You ⓘ

this entity surface form: "If I Loved You"

Theme from "If I Loved You" (revised) → hasThematicMaterialFrom → If I Loved You ⓘ

this entity surface form: "If I Loved You"

Carousel → notableSong → If I Loved You ⓘ

Richard Rodgers → notableWork → If I Loved You ⓘ

this entity surface form: If I Loved You (song)

Richard Rodgers → notableWork → If I Loved You ⓘ

this entity surface form: If I Loved You (standard)

Richard Rodgers → notableWork → If I Loved You ⓘ

this entity surface form: If I Loved You (popular song)

Theme from "If I Loved You" (revised) → originalSong → If I Loved You ⓘ

this entity surface form: "If I Loved You"

Rodgers and Hammerstein → wroteSong → If I Loved You ⓘ