Edelweiss

E66295

show tune song

"Edelweiss" is a gentle, nostalgic song from the musical *The Sound of Music*, widely recognized as one of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s most beloved compositions.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
"Edelweiss"	2
song "Edelweiss"	2
Edelweiss (popular song)	1
Edelweiss (song)	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	show tune ⓘ song ⓘ
associatedFictionalCharacter	Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music ⓘ surface form: Captain Georg von Trapp
composer	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
featuredInFilm	1965 film adaptation of The Sound of Music ⓘ
firstPerformanceIn	1959 ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation	Broadway ⓘ
firstPerformedInWork	original Broadway production of The Sound of Music ⓘ
fromMusical	The Sound of Music ⓘ
genre	musical theatre ⓘ waltz ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation	Austrian folk style ⓘ
hasForm	strophic song ⓘ
isFrequentlyMisidentifiedAs	Austrian national anthem ⓘ
isOneOfBestKnownSongsBy	Rodgers and Hammerstein ⓘ
key	often performed in G major ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
mood	nostalgic ⓘ
namedAfter	edelweiss flower ⓘ
notablePerformer	Christopher Plummer ⓘ Theodore Bikel ⓘ
notableVocalPerformer	Bill Lee ⓘ
originalInstrumentation	voice and orchestra ⓘ voice and piano ⓘ
partOfWork	The Sound of Music ⓘ
publisher	Williamson Music ⓘ
settingInStory	Austria ⓘ
style	simple lullaby-like melody ⓘ
tempo	slow ⓘ
theme	farewell ⓘ love of homeland ⓘ patriotism ⓘ
timeSignature	3/4 ⓘ
usedAs	closing song in many stage productions of The Sound of Music ⓘ
writersLastCollaborationForStage	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Theme from "Edelweiss" (revised) → basedOn → Edelweiss ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Edelweiss"

Theme from "Edelweiss" (revised) → hasMelodicOrigin → Edelweiss ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Edelweiss"

The Sound of Music → hasSong → Edelweiss ⓘ

Theme from "Edelweiss" (revised) → isAdaptationOf → Edelweiss ⓘ

this entity surface form: song "Edelweiss"

Richard Rodgers → notableWork → Edelweiss ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edelweiss (song)

Richard Rodgers → notableWork → Edelweiss ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edelweiss (popular song)

The Man in the High Castle → openingTheme → Edelweiss ⓘ

Theme from "Edelweiss" (revised) → sharesKeyElementsWith → Edelweiss ⓘ

this entity surface form: song "Edelweiss"

Rodgers and Hammerstein → wroteSong → Edelweiss ⓘ