The Bells of Notre Dame

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"The Bells of Notre Dame" is the sweeping, choral-driven opening number of the stage musical adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame that introduces the story’s central characters, themes, and setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opening number
song
adaptationOf The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film opening number)
basedOn The Bells of Notre Dame (1996 film song)
composer Alan Menken
featuresEnsemble chorus
featuresMusicalElement church bells
organ-like accompaniment
featuresVocalStyle counterpoint
narration
firstPerformanceContext stage musical production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
genre choral song
show tune
hasSection dramatic confrontation between Frollo and the Archdeacon
introductory narration by Clopin
refrain invoking the bells of Notre Dame
introducesCharacter Claude Frollo
Clopin Trouillefou
Jehan Frollo
linked to: Claude Frollo

Quasimodo
introducesSetting Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris
introducesTheme fate
prejudice
sanctuary
sin and redemption
language English
lyricist Stephen Schwartz
mediumOfPerformance voices and orchestra
musicalWorkType ensemble number
narrativeFunction exposition song
prologue
partOf The Hunchback of Notre Dame (stage musical)
subject Quasimodo’s origin story
the power of the cathedral bells
tonalCharacter dark
dramatic
workLocation Notre Dame Cathedral (fictionalized)

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Pierre Gringoire fictionalUniverse Notre-Dame de Paris universe
linked to: The Bells of Notre Dame
Phoebus de Châteaupers fictionalUniverse Notre-Dame de Paris universe
linked to: The Bells of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film) notableSong The Bells of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney franchise) notableSong "The Bells of Notre Dame"
linked to: The Bells of Notre Dame