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When I Grow Too Old to Dream

1935 song by Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q7992553
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Summary

When I Grow Too Old to Dream is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • When I Grow Too Old to Dream's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • When I Grow Too Old to Dream's composer is recorded as Sigmund Romberg[4].
  • When I Grow Too Old to Dream's genre is traditional pop[5].
  • When I Grow Too Old to Dream was performed by Ed Townsend[6].
  • When I Grow Too Old to Dream's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • When I Grow Too Old to Dream was published on November 24, 1934[8].
  • When I Grow Too Old to Dream's lyricist is recorded as Oscar Hammerstein II[9].
  • When I Grow Too Old to Dream's title is recorded as When I Grow Too Old to Dream[10].
  • When I Grow Too Old to Dream's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].

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[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1ff7aa1f-2981-38f9-baa7-ee7f3be0d5ea[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on When I Grow Too Old to Dream was Ed Townsend[6].

Publication

When I Grow Too Old to Dream was released on November 24, 1934[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is traditional pop[5].

Why It Matters

When I Grow Too Old to Dream ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Oscar Hammerstein II

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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