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I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky

1995 song play about the aftermath of the 1994 earthquake in Los Angeles
MusicRecording dramatico_musical_work Q953293
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I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky

Summary

I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky is a dramatico-musical work[1]. It draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (dramatico_musical_work category, ranking #401 of 2,893).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[3].
  • I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky's composer is recorded as John Adams[4].
  • I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky's librettist is recorded as June Jordan[5].
  • I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky's language of work or name is recorded as American English[6].
  • 1995 marks the founding of I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky[7].
  • I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky was released on 2000[8].
  • I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky's official website is recorded as https://www.earbox.com/i-was-looking-at-the-ceiling-and-then-i-saw-the-sky/[9].
  • I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky's date of first performance is recorded as May 3, 1995[10].
  • I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+110'}[11].
  • I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky's location of first performance is recorded as Zellerbach Playhouse[12].
  • I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky's form of creative work is recorded as musical play[13].
  • I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky's first performance by is recorded as Paul Dresher Ensemble[14].
  • I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky's orchestration is recorded as 3M,highT,T,2Bar2reeds(I=cl,bcl,II=asax)-3kbd(I=pft/sampler,II=sampler,III=synth)-gtr(=elec.gtr)-db(=elec.bgtr)-drum kit(=MIDIdrums). NOTE: The hiring of a sound designer is a condition/requirement for permission. For complete technical specifications go to: mhgrey.wordpress.com[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Opera[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7bd901de-9d86-4abe-9518-96a64c97baca[17]

Why It Matters

I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (dramatico_musical_work category, ranking #401 of 2,893).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

John Adams

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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