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Spring Is Here

Spring Is Here

Song


"Spring is Here" is a 1938 popular song composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical I Married an Angel (1938), where it was introduced by Dennis King and Vivienne Segal.

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Rodgers and Hart had previously written a song entitled "Spring is Here in Person," which served as the title song for a 1929 Broadway production (filmed in 1930 - see Spring is Here (film)).

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Theatrical producer Josh Logan, a longtime associate of Rodgers & Hart, would opine that "the most touching [of Hart's lyrics] are those about unrequited love [with the 1938 song] 'Spring is Here' [being] one of the greatest examples".[2] Hart had had a romantic interest in I Married an Angel leading lady Vivienne Segal who turned down more than one marriage proposal from him. Logan believed that Hart's lyrics for "Spring is Here" evoked the composer's disappointment over Segal's failure to reciprocate his interest.[2]

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References

  1. San Francisco Examiner 23 June 1985 "Lorenz Hart: Bewitched Bothered & Bewildered" by Gerald Nachman p.207
  2. Nolan, Frederick (1995). Lorenz Hart: a poet on Broadway. NYC: Oxford University Press. p. 249. ISBN 9780195068375.
  3. Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.



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