"Close Every Door"
E849849
"Close Every Door" is a dramatic, emotionally intense ballad from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical *Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat*, sung by Joseph while imprisoned.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Close Every Door" canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical theatre ballad
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Any Dream Will Do NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | biblical story of Joseph ⓘ |
| composer | Andrew Lloyd Webber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emotionalTone |
dramatic
ⓘ
intense ⓘ somber ⓘ |
| firstProducedIn | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad
ⓘ
show tune ⓘ theatre music ⓘ |
| hasFamousLine |
Children of Israel are never alone
ⓘ
Close every door to me, keep those I love from me ⓘ For I know I shall find my own peace of mind ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation | orchestra ⓘ |
| hasKey | often performed in A minor ⓘ |
| hasReprise | elements reprised in the finale of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ⓘ |
| hasStructure | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
endurance
ⓘ
faith ⓘ hope ⓘ persecution ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| lyricist | Tim Rice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musical | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeContext | Joseph is imprisoned in Egypt ⓘ |
| notableRecordingArtist |
Donny Osmond
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jason Donovan NERFINISHED ⓘ Lee Mead NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Damian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | character Joseph ⓘ |
| partOfWork | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInShow | sung in the second act of many stage productions ⓘ |
| publisher | The Really Useful Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightsHolder | The Really Useful Group Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | prison cell ⓘ |
| sungByCharacter | Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | audition piece for male musical theatre performers ⓘ |
| vocalRange | tenor ⓘ |
| vocalType | male solo ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.