The Day Before Spring
E156904
The Day Before Spring is a lesser-known 1945 Broadway musical with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, exploring themes of love, nostalgia, and marital fidelity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Day Before Spring canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1361322 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Day Before Spring Context triple: [Alan Jay Lerner, notableWork, The Day Before Spring]
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A.
It Might as Well Be Spring
"It Might as Well Be Spring" is a popular 1945 song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the film "State Fair" and now a standard of the American songbook.
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B.
Frühlingserwachen
Frühlingserwachen is the German codename for Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of World War II launched in Hungary in March 1945.
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C.
Younger Than Springtime
"Younger Than Springtime" is a romantic song from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific*, celebrated for its lyrical expression of youthful love.
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D.
Eastertide
Eastertide is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, spanning the weeks from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.
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E.
Morning Glory
Morning Glory is a 1933 American drama film that earned Katharine Hepburn her first Academy Award for Best Actress.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Day Before Spring Target entity description: The Day Before Spring is a lesser-known 1945 Broadway musical with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, exploring themes of love, nostalgia, and marital fidelity.
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A.
It Might as Well Be Spring
"It Might as Well Be Spring" is a popular 1945 song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, written for the film "State Fair" and now a standard of the American songbook.
-
B.
Frühlingserwachen
Frühlingserwachen is the German codename for Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of World War II launched in Hungary in March 1945.
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C.
Younger Than Springtime
"Younger Than Springtime" is a romantic song from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *South Pacific*, celebrated for its lyrical expression of youthful love.
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D.
Eastertide
Eastertide is the liturgical season in the Christian calendar celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, spanning the weeks from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.
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E.
Morning Glory
Morning Glory is a 1933 American drama film that earned Katharine Hepburn her first Academy Award for Best Actress.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ |
| bookBy | Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ |
| bookWriter | Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ |
| composer | Frederick Loewe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creativeTeamMember |
Alan Jay Lerner
ⓘ
Frederick Loewe ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasMusicAndLyricsTeam | Lerner and Loewe ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Alan Jay Lerner ⓘ |
| musicBy | Frederick Loewe ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
conflict between past and present relationships
ⓘ
reunion with a former love ⓘ |
| periodOfPremiere | World War II era ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Broadway ⓘ |
| productionType | lesser-known musical ⓘ |
| setIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| subject |
love
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marital fidelity ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| workChronology | early collaboration of Lerner and Loewe ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Day Before Spring Description of subject: The Day Before Spring is a lesser-known 1945 Broadway musical with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, exploring themes of love, nostalgia, and marital fidelity.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.