Speak Low

original show tune composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Ogden Nash; from the 1943 musical "One Touch of Venus"
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1799926
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Speak Low

Summary

Speak Low is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Speak Low's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Speak Low's composer is recorded as Kurt Weill[4].
  • Among the performers on Speak Low was Billie Holiday[5].
  • Among the performers on Speak Low was Barbra Streisand[6].
  • Speak Low's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Speak Low was published on 1943[8].
  • Speak Low's lyricist is recorded as Ogden Nash[9].
  • Speak Low's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Speak Low'}[10].
  • Speak Low's has characteristic is recorded as jazz standard[11].
  • Speak Low's has characteristic is recorded as show tune[12].
  • Speak Low's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Speak low when you speak, love'}[13].
  • Speak Low's form of creative work is recorded as song[14].
  • Speak Low's music created for is recorded as One Touch of Venus[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: Song[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9721f999-fdb5-3331-94da-13a3125d3c19[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Billie Holiday[5] and Barbra Streisand[6].

Publication

Speak Low was published on 1943[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7].

Why It Matters

Speak Low ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Speak Low. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/speak-low
MLA “Speak Low.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/speak-low.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_speak-low_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Speak Low}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/speak-low}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 23d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Billie Holiday, Barbra Streisand
    Form of creative work song
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