So Long, Farewell

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musical theatre song show tune song

"So Long, Farewell" is a popular song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, known for its playful farewell sequence performed by the von Trapp children.

Aliases (1)

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical theatre song → show tune → song →
associatedAct	Rodgers and Hammerstein NERFINISHED →
associatedPlace	Broadway → Salzburg (story setting) →
basedOnWork	The Story of the Trapp Family Singers →
characterPerformer	Brigitta von Trapp → Friedrich von Trapp → Gretl von Trapp → Kurt von Trapp → Liesl von Trapp → Louisa von Trapp → Marta von Trapp →
composer	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
firstPerformanceYear	1959 →
genre	show tune →
hasTheme	childhood innocence → family → farewell →
hasTitlePhrase	So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night →
includedIn	The Sound of Music film soundtrack → The Sound of Music original cast recording →
language	English →
laterMedium	film →
lyricist	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED →
lyricsBy	Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED →
musical	The Sound of Music →
musicBy	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED →
notableFeature	each child sings a short solo line → playful farewell sequence → used as a bedtime song in the story →
notableIn	musical theatre repertoire →
originalMedium	stage musical →
partOf	The Sound of Music → The Sound of Music (1965 film) → The Sound of Music (stage musical) →
performerInStory	von Trapp children →
publisher	Williamson Music →
settingInStory	von Trapp family home →
theatricalContext	children say goodnight to party guests → sung at a party in the von Trapp home →
timePeriod	20th century →
usedIn	The Sound of Music (1965 film adaptation) → The Sound of Music West End production → The Sound of Music original Broadway production →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Sound of Music →	hasSong
So Long, Farewell ("So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night") →	hasTitlePhrase
Richard Rodgers →	notableWork