Red and Black

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"Red and Black" is a politically charged ensemble song from the musical Les Misérables in which revolutionary students debate idealism, love, and the coming uprising.

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Label Occurrences
Red and Black canonical 2
Red and Black (stage role) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rouge et Noir (French) ⓘ
appearsInAct Act I of Les Misérables (stage musical) ⓘ
basedOn Les Misérables (novel) ⓘ
linked to: Les Misérables
characterFeatured Enjolras ⓘ
Les Amis de l’ABC ⓘ
Marius Pontmercy ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows In My Life ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes Do You Hear the People Sing? ⓘ
composer Claude-Michel Schönberg ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dramaticPurpose develops Marius’s conflict between love and political commitment ⓘ
develops character of Enjolras as revolutionary leader ⓘ
foreshadows June Rebellion and barricade scenes ⓘ
englishLyricist Herbert Kretzmer ⓘ
featuredIn 2012 Les Misérables film adaptation (partly, in altered form) ⓘ
genre ensemble number ⓘ
musical theatre song ⓘ
hasRepriseOrMotivicLink Do You Hear the People Sing? ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Alain Boublil ⓘ
Jean-Marc Natel ⓘ
motif black as symbol of mourning and death ⓘ
red as symbol of blood and revolution ⓘ
musicalStyle anthemic sections ⓘ
dramatic chorus ⓘ
narrativeFunction contrasts revolutionary idealism with romantic love ⓘ
depicts political debate among students ⓘ
notableProduction 1980 original French production of Les Misérables ⓘ
1985 West End production of Les Misérables ⓘ
1987 Broadway production of Les Misérables ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Les Misérables (musical) ⓘ
linked to: Les Misérables
publisher Music Theatre International (licensing for stage) ⓘ
setting Café Musain ⓘ
structure ensemble with alternating solo and choral sections ⓘ
sungBy Enjolras (character) ⓘ
linked to: Enjolras

Marius Pontmercy (character) ⓘ
linked to: Marius Pontmercy

student revolutionaries ⓘ
theme idealism ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
youthful rebellion ⓘ
workTitleLanguage English title ⓘ
yearOfFirstPerformance 1980 ⓘ

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

One Day More → usesMotifFrom → Red and Black ⓘ
Enjolras → singsSong → Red and Black ⓘ
Mariangela Melato → notableWork → Red and Black (stage role) ⓘ
linked to: Red and Black