My Favorite Things

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jazz standard popular song show tune song

"My Favorite Things" is a popular show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The Sound of Music," later widely known as a jazz standard and holiday favorite.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
"My Favorite Things" 2
"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music 1
My Favorite Things (popular song) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz standard ⓘ
popular song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithHoliday Christmas ⓘ
associatedWithHolidaySeason winter holidays ⓘ
associatedWork The Sound of Music ⓘ
surface form: The Sound of Music (1965 film soundtrack)

The Sound of Music ⓘ
surface form: The Sound of Music (original cast recording)
composer Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
filmAdaptationInclusion The Sound of Music ⓘ
surface form: The Sound of Music (1965 film)
firstAppearance The Sound of Music ⓘ
surface form: stage musical The Sound of Music
fromAct The Sound of Music ⓘ
surface form: Act I of The Sound of Music
genre Christmas music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasCulturalStatus holiday standard ⓘ
standard of the Great American Songbook ⓘ
hasForm verse-chorus song form ⓘ
keyFeatures waltz time ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalTheme comfort in listing pleasant things ⓘ
coping with fear ⓘ
optimism ⓘ
lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicalTheatrePremiereYear 1959 ⓘ
musicBy Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableJazzAlbum My Favorite Things (John Coltrane album) ⓘ
notableJazzRecordingArtist John Coltrane ⓘ
notablePerformer Barbra Streisand ⓘ
Herb Alpert ⓘ
John Coltrane ⓘ
Julie Andrews ⓘ
Kenny Burrell ⓘ
McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
originalBroadwayProductionOpeningDate 1959-11-16 ⓘ
originalContext sung by Maria and the children during a thunderstorm ⓘ
originalPerformerCharacter Maria ⓘ
von Trapp family ⓘ
surface form: von Trapp children
originalStageProductionLocation Broadway ⓘ
originalStageProductionTheatre Lunt-Fontanne Theatre ⓘ
partOfMusical The Sound of Music ⓘ
publisher Williamson Music ⓘ
releasedAsSingleBy John Coltrane ⓘ
timeSignature 3/4 ⓘ
title My Favorite Things self-link ⓘ
wordsBy Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfNotableJazzRecording 1960 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

this entity surface form: "My Favorite Things"
this entity surface form: show tune "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music
this entity surface form: "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music
this entity surface form: "My Favorite Things"
The Sound of Music → hasSong → My Favorite Things ⓘ
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → My Favorite Things ⓘ
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → My Favorite Things ⓘ
this entity surface form: My Favorite Things (song)
Richard Rodgers → notableWork → My Favorite Things ⓘ
this entity surface form: My Favorite Things (popular song)
Maria (from "The Sound of Music") → singsSong → My Favorite Things ⓘ
subject surface form: Maria Rainer
My Favorite Things → title → My Favorite Things self-link ⓘ
Rodgers and Hammerstein → wroteSong → My Favorite Things ⓘ