Cool

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"Cool" is a jazz-influenced musical number from *West Side Story* that emphasizes tension, self-control, and simmering emotion among the characters.

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Cool canonical 7

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Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
adaptedIn West Side Story (1961 film) ⓘ
linked to: West Side Story

West Side Story (2021 film) ⓘ
linked to: West Side Story
characterFocus the Jets ⓘ
linked to: Jets
composer Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
firstPerformanceIn West Side Story (1957 Broadway production) ⓘ
linked to: West Side Story
genre cool jazz-influenced ⓘ
jazz-influenced ⓘ
hasMedium voice and jazz-influenced ensemble ⓘ
voice and orchestra ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricalMotive urging the gang to stay calm ⓘ
lyricist Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
musicalStyle complex jazz harmonies ⓘ
fugue-like sections ⓘ
syncopated rhythms ⓘ
narrativeFunction expression of the Jets’ anxiety before the rumble ⓘ
notableFor choreographed expression of controlled aggression ⓘ
integration of jazz idioms into musical theatre ⓘ
originatesFrom West Side Story (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to: West Side Story
partOf West Side Story ⓘ
settingInStory pre-rumble preparation ⓘ
theme gang conflict ⓘ
repressed emotion ⓘ
self-control ⓘ
tension ⓘ
workBasedOn Romeo and Juliet (indirectly, via West Side Story) ⓘ
linked to: Romeo and Juliet

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Referenced by (7)

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

Riff → notableSong → Cool ⓘ
Never Enough → hasPart → Cool ⓘ
I (album) → hasTrack → Cool ⓘ
subject linked to: I