The Great American Songbook

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Great_American_Songbook

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	musical canon
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:American_Standards
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:culturalSignificance	represents the golden age of American popular song
gptkbp:genre	jazz popular music show tunes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	The Great American Songbook
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Broadway_musicals gptkb:Tin_Pan_Alley Hollywood films
gptkbp:notableComposer	gptkb:Duke_Ellington gptkb:George_Gershwin gptkb:Irving_Berlin gptkb:Oscar_Hammerstein_II gptkb:Richard_Rodgers gptkb:Cole_Porter gptkb:Frank_Loesser gptkb:Lorenz_Hart gptkb:Jerome_Kern gptkb:Johnny_Mercer gptkb:Hoagy_Carmichael gptkb:Harold_Arlen gptkb:Harry_Warren gptkb:Jimmy_Van_Heusen
gptkbp:notablePerformer	gptkb:Billie_Holiday gptkb:Frank_Sinatra gptkb:Louis_Armstrong gptkb:Nat_King_Cole gptkb:Ella_Fitzgerald gptkb:Judy_Garland gptkb:Sarah_Vaughan gptkb:Tony_Bennett Bing Crosby
gptkbp:notableSong	gptkb:Let’s_Call_the_Whole_Thing_Off gptkb:Embraceable_You gptkb:Someone_to_Watch_Over_Me gptkb:Summertime gptkb:As_Time_Goes_By gptkb:Cheek_to_Cheek gptkb:I_Get_a_Kick_Out_of_You gptkb:They_Can’t_Take_That_Away_from_Me gptkb:Night_and_Day gptkb:Stardust gptkb:A_Foggy_Day gptkb:It_Had_to_Be_You gptkb:My_Funny_Valentine gptkb:All_the_Things_You_Are gptkb:Over_the_Rainbow gptkb:Blue_Skies gptkb:The_Way_You_Look_Tonight gptkb:I've_Got_You_Under_My_Skin
gptkbp:period	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
gptkbp:usedIn	gptkb:musical cabaret performances jazz standards repertoire
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Carmen_McRae gptkb:Judson_Poets'_Theater gptkb:The_Great_Courses_music_lectures gptkb:Jelani_Eddington
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6