I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise
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"I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise" is a popular 1922 American song, with lyrics by Bert Kalmar and Ira Gershwin and music by George Gershwin, that became a standard of the early jazz and Broadway repertoire.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise canonical | 1 |
Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Broadway standard
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song ⓘ |
| composer | George Gershwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| era | 1920s American popular music ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 1922 ⓘ |
| genre |
jazz
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popular music ⓘ show tune ⓘ |
| hasLyricTheme |
aspiration
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optimism ⓘ search for happiness ⓘ |
| hasTitle | I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | American song ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Bert Kalmar
NERFINISHED
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Ira Gershwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | George Gershwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Broadway repertoire
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early jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1922 ⓘ |
| usedInContext | Broadway-style revues ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1922 ⓘ |
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