Climb Ev'ry Mountain

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musical theatre song show tune song

"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" is an inspirational show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, sung by the Mother Abbess as a call to pursue one's dreams.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" 1
"Climb ev'ry mountain, ford ev'ry stream" 1
Climb Ev'ry Mountain (popular song) 1

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
act Act II of The Sound of Music (stage version) ⓘ
associatedWith Broadway musical theatre ⓘ
The Sound of Music ⓘ
surface form: The Sound of Music (film)
cataloguedIn Rodgers and Hammerstein song catalog ⓘ
composer Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstAppearedIn original Broadway production of The Sound of Music ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1959 ⓘ
fromMusical The Sound of Music ⓘ
functionInPlot motivational guidance for Maria ⓘ
genre inspirational song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasRefrain Climb Ev'ry Mountain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "Climb ev'ry mountain, ford ev'ry stream"
influencedBy Christian spiritual themes ⓘ
keyIdea follow every rainbow till you find your dream ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicalBy Rodgers and Hammerstein ⓘ
notablePerformer Audra McDonald ⓘ
Lesley Garrett ⓘ
Patricia Neway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peggy Wood ⓘ
oftenPerformedAs concert piece ⓘ
inspirational standard ⓘ
partOfWork The Sound of Music ⓘ
publicationYear 1959 ⓘ
setting Nonnberg Abbey (in The Sound of Music) ⓘ
sungByCharacter Mother Abbess ⓘ
thematicFocus perseverance ⓘ
pursuing one’s dreams ⓘ
self-fulfillment ⓘ
usesMusicalForm ballad ⓘ
writtenForCharacter Mother Abbess ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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this entity surface form: "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
Climb Ev'ry Mountain → hasRefrain → Climb Ev'ry Mountain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Climb ev'ry mountain, ford ev'ry stream"
The Sound of Music → hasSong → Climb Ev'ry Mountain ⓘ
this entity surface form: song "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → Climb Ev'ry Mountain ⓘ
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → Climb Ev'ry Mountain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Climb Ev'ry Mountain (song)
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → Climb Ev'ry Mountain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Climb Ev'ry Mountain (popular song)
Rodgers and Hammerstein → wroteSong → Climb Ev'ry Mountain ⓘ