Sixteen Going on Seventeen

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show tune song

"Sixteen Going on Seventeen" is a popular song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, known for its duet between the characters Liesl and Rolf.

Aliases (1)

Sixteen Going on Seventeen (reprise) ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	show tune → song →
associatedEra	Golden Age of Broadway →
associatedWith	Broadway musical theatre → Rodgers and Hammerstein →
characterDuet	Liesl von Trapp and Rolf Gruber →
composer	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
culturalStatus	standard of musical theatre repertoire →
featuredInFilm	The Sound of Music (1965 film) →
filmPerformer	Charmian Carr → Daniel Truhitte →
firstPerformanceYear	1959 →
fromMusical	The Sound of Music →
genre	musical theatre song → show tune →
hasForm	verse-chorus structure →
hasKey	G major (commonly performed) →
hasReprise	Sixteen Going on Seventeen (reprise) →
hasSubject	naivety and experience → youth and maturity contrast →
hasType	duet →
includedIn	1965 film adaptation of The Sound of Music → original Broadway production of The Sound of Music →
lyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED →
lyricMotif	older boy advising younger girl →
musicStyle	waltz-time ballad →
notableLine	I am seventeen going on eighteen → You are sixteen going on seventeen →
originalLanguage	English →
partOf	The Sound of Music →
performerInStory	Liesl von Trapp → Rolf Gruber →
publicationYear	1959 →
publisher	Williamson Music →
reprisePerformersInStory	Liesl von Trapp → Maria von Trapp →
setIn	Austria →
settingInFilm	gazebo scene →
thematicFocus	adolescence → coming of age → romantic courtship →
timePeriodDepicted	late 1930s Austria →
usedIn	stage productions of The Sound of Music worldwide →
vocalForces	soprano and tenor →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sixteen Going on Seventeen ("Sixteen Going on Seventeen (reprise)") →	hasReprise
The Sound of Music →	hasSong
Richard Rodgers →	notableWork