Small World

E323411

"Small World" is a popular song from the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy, known for its wistful, reflective tone and central role in the show’s narrative.

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Label Occurrences
Small World canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical theatre song ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Herbie Sommers ⓘ
Mama Rose ⓘ
broadwayEra Golden Age of Broadway ⓘ
centralTo plot of Gypsy ⓘ
composer Jule Styne ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1959 ⓘ
form duet ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasMelodicStyle ballad-like ⓘ
lyrical ⓘ
hasRightsHolder music publisher for Jule Styne catalog ⓘ
music publisher for Stephen Sondheim catalog ⓘ
includedIn Gypsy original cast album ⓘ
linked to: Gypsy
language English ⓘ
lyricist Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
lyricTheme chance encounter ⓘ
connection ⓘ
fate ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
romantic possibility ⓘ
musicalWorkType Broadway song ⓘ
narrativeFunction character development song ⓘ
romantic duet ⓘ
notableRecording Bette Midler 1993 television film soundtrack ⓘ
Ethel Merman original Broadway cast recording ⓘ
originalPerformerCharacter Herbie ⓘ
linked to: Herbie film series

Rose ⓘ
originalProduction Gypsy (1959 Broadway production) ⓘ
linked to: Gypsy
partOf Gypsy ⓘ
Gypsy: A Musical Fable ⓘ
linked to: Gypsy
performedBy Angela Lansbury ⓘ
Bernadette Peters ⓘ
Bette Midler ⓘ
Ethel Merman ⓘ
Patti LuPone ⓘ
Rosalind Russell ⓘ
Tyne Daly ⓘ
publicationYear 1959 ⓘ
settingInStory early meeting between Rose and Herbie ⓘ
title Small World ⓘ
tone reflective ⓘ
wistful ⓘ
writtenFor Gypsy (1959 Broadway musical) ⓘ
linked to: Gypsy

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Referenced by (4)

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

Gypsy → notableSong → Small World ⓘ
Jule Styne → notableSong → Small World ⓘ
Jule Styne → notableSong → Small World ⓘ
subject linked to: Julius Kerwin Stein