Mama Who Bore Me

E951900

"Mama Who Bore Me" is a poignant opening song from the rock musical *Spring Awakening* that expresses a young girl's confusion and frustration about sexual awakening and the lack of guidance from adults.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mama Who Bore Me canonical 2
Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune ⓘ
song ⓘ
song ⓘ
theatre song ⓘ
accompaniment rock band instrumentation ⓘ
ageOfProtagonist adolescent girl ⓘ
associatedWork Spring Awakening (2006 Broadway cast album) ⓘ
basedOn Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind ⓘ
linked to: Spring Awakening
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dramaticFunction establishes Wendla's inner conflict ⓘ
introduces central themes of Spring Awakening ⓘ
expressesEmotion confusion ⓘ
frustration ⓘ
longing for understanding ⓘ
featuredOn Spring Awakening original Broadway cast recording ⓘ
linked to: Spring Awakening
firstPerformanceIn Spring Awakening (musical) ⓘ
linked to: Spring Awakening
genre musical theatre ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasForm ballad ⓘ
hasReprise Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) ⓘ
linked to: Mama Who Bore Me
language English ⓘ
lyricAddressedTo Wendla's mother ⓘ
lyricalPerspective first person ⓘ
lyricsBy Steven Sater ⓘ
medium voice and instruments ⓘ
musicBy Duncan Sheik ⓘ
narrativeTheme adolescent confusion ⓘ
lack of parental guidance ⓘ
sexual awakening ⓘ
openingNumberOf Spring Awakening ⓘ
originalPerformer Lea Michele ⓘ
partOf Spring Awakening ⓘ
Spring Awakening ⓘ
performanceContext Act I opening ⓘ
performedByCharacter Wendla Bergmann ⓘ
performedByCharacters the girls of Spring Awakening ⓘ
linked to: Spring Awakening
productionType stage musical song ⓘ
setting late 19th-century Germany ⓘ
targetAudienceWithinStory Wendla's mother ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1890s ⓘ
usedInProduction 2006 Broadway production of Spring Awakening ⓘ
original Off-Broadway production of Spring Awakening ⓘ
vocalType ensemble ⓘ
solo ⓘ
workType opening song of a musical ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Spring Awakening → notableSong → Mama Who Bore Me ⓘ
Wendla Bergmann → musicalNumber → Mama Who Bore Me ⓘ
Wendla Bergmann → musicalNumber → Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) ⓘ
linked to: Mama Who Bore Me
Mama Who Bore Me → hasReprise → Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) ⓘ
linked to: Mama Who Bore Me