The Music Man

1957 musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson
MusicRecording dramatico_musical_work Q1457220
The Music Man
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The Music Man

Summary

The Music Man is a dramatico-musical work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,380 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Music Man's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[3].
  • The Music Man's composer is recorded as Meredith Willson[4].
  • The Music Man's librettist is recorded as Meredith Willson[5].
  • The Music Man's librettist is recorded as Franklin Lacey[6].
  • The Music Man's Commons category is recorded as The Music Man[7].
  • The Music Man's soundtrack release is recorded as The Music Man – Original Broadway Cast[8].
  • The Music Man's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The Music Man's characters is recorded as Prof. Harold Hill[10].
  • The Music Man's characters is recorded as Marian Paroo[11].
  • The Music Man's characters is recorded as Marcellus Washburn[12].
  • The Music Man's characters is recorded as Mayor Shinn[13].
  • The Music Man's characters is recorded as Eulalie Shinn[14].
  • The Music Man's characters is recorded as Mrs. Paroo[15].
  • The Music Man's characters is recorded as Winthrop Paroo[16].
  • The Music Man's lyricist is recorded as Meredith Willson[17].
  • The Music Man's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Songs from The Music Man[18].
  • The Music Man's date of first performance is recorded as December 19, 1957[19].
  • The Music Man's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Music Man'}[20].
  • The Music Man's location of first performance is recorded as Majestic Theatre[21].
  • The Music Man's form of creative work is recorded as musical[22].

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: Musical[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8589d594-f85b-493b-8421-92bad2f7d733[24]

Why It Matters

The Music Man ranks in the top 2% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,380 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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