One Song Glory
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"One Song Glory" is a poignant solo number from the rock musical Rent, sung by the character Roger as he grapples with mortality and the desire to leave a lasting artistic legacy.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| associatedComposerWork | Rent (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Rent original Broadway cast recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralCharacterEmotion |
desperation
ⓘ
isolation ⓘ longing ⓘ |
| composer | Jonathan Larson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dramaticPurpose |
to establish Roger’s internal conflict
ⓘ
to reveal Roger’s fear of dying before creating meaningful art ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| genre | rock ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| includedIn | Rent film adaptation soundtrack ⓘ |
| inUniverseIssueAddressed | HIV/AIDS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
artistic legacy
ⓘ
creative frustration ⓘ fear of dying young ⓘ mortality ⓘ regret ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ |
| lyricist | Jonathan Larson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | rock ballad ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
I want song
ⓘ
character development song ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional vocal performance
ⓘ
expressing Roger Davis’s artistic ambitions ⓘ introspective lyrics ⓘ |
| originalProduction | Rent original Broadway production ⓘ |
| partOf | Rent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceMedium | stage musical ⓘ |
| performedByActorIn2005Film | Adam Pascal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedByActorInOriginalBroadwayCast | Adam Pascal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedByCharacter | Roger Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInShow | early in Act I ⓘ |
| rightsHolder | Jonathan Larson Estate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| theatricalContext | solo number ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | late 1980s ⓘ |
| vocalRange | tenor ⓘ |
| vocalType | male solo ⓘ |
| writtenForProduction | Rent off-Broadway and Broadway runs ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Broadway production of Rent