Somewhere (West Side Story song)

"Somewhere" sometimes referred to as "Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)" or simply "There's a Place for Us" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story that was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the melody, and also a longer phrase from the main theme of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

The song in the stage musical

In the stage musical, the song appears in the second act of the show during the Somewhere Ballet. It is performed by an off-stage soprano singer and is later reprised by the entire company. In the original Broadway production, "Somewhere" was sung by Reri Grist who played the role of Consuela.

At the end of the show, when Tony is shot, Maria sings the first few lines of the song as he dies in her arms.

In late 1957, this recording was released on the album West Side Story (Original Broadway Cast).

Somewhere

Somewhere may refer to:

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Somewhere (artist collective)

Somewhere is a multi-disciplinary UK-based creative organisation founded in 2001 by artist / film-makers Karen Guthrie (born 1970) and Nina Pope (born 1968).

After studying together at Edinburgh College of Art, Pope & Guthrie completed MA's in London and began collaborating as artists in 1995, with their installation "Somewhere Over the TV" at the Collective Gallery in Edinburgh, followed by their live online travelogue "A Hypertext Journal" in March 1996.

Somewhere has long-term collaborators including composer Tim Olden and technologist Dorian Moore. In 2007 Karen Guthrie & Nina Pope won the first ever Northern Art Prize Northern Art Prize.

Works

The Floating Cinema

In 2010/11 Somewhere was appointed as guest artists to programme and create content for the Floating Cinema, part of Up Projects' Portavilion series of temporary cultural spaces for London. Housed in a customised narrowboat designed by architects Studio Weave, the Floating Cinema is an Olympic Development Authority commission taking place across summer 2011 on London's East End canals. Guest speakers and performers aboard included Olympic polemicist Iain Sinclair, broadcaster Michael Smith (who premiered his directorial debut 'Drift Street' aboard) and nature writer Richard Mabey.

Somewhere (Keith Jarrett album)

Somewhere is a live album by Keith Jarrett's "Standards Trio", recorded in July 2009, and released on 14 May 2013, by ECM.

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Song

A song is a single (and often standalone) work of music intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections. Written words created specifically for music or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs in a simple style that are learned informally are often referred to as folk songs. Songs that are composed for professional singers are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are often composed by professional songwriters, composers and lyricists. Art songs are composed by trained classical composers for concert performances. Songs are performed live and recorded. Songs may also appear in plays, musical theatre, stage shows of any form, and within operas.

Song (disambiguation)

A song is a musical composition for voice or voices.

Song or songs or The Song may also refer to:

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Song (album)

Song is the third and final album of Lullaby for the Working Class. It was released October 19, 1999 on Bar/None Records.

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