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Brigadoon is a musical with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and score by Frederick Loewe. [1] The plot features two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village that appears for only one day every 100 years; one tourist soon falls in love with a young woman from Brigadoon.
"Almost Like Being in Love" is a show tune with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. It was written for the score of their 1947 musical Brigadoon. [1] The song was first sung by David Brooks and Marion Bell, in the Broadway production. It was later performed in the 1954 film version by Gene Kelly. [2]
Their early music was typically labelled as chamber pop, [2] but with their third album Brigadoon they began to evolve a much more diverse style that drew on influences from throughout pop music history. [1] Active from 1999 to 2008, and 2023-present, the band consists of Larissa Loyva, Justin Kellam, Julia Chirka and Nick Krgovich. [3]
Lerner and Loewe, c. 1962 Lerner and Loewe is the partnership between lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe. [1] Spanning three decades and nine musicals from 1942 to 1960 and again from 1970 to 1972, the pair are known for being behind the creation of critical on stage successes such as My Fair Lady, Brigadoon, and Camelot along with the musical film Gigi.
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These are lists of songs.In music, a song is a musical composition for a voice or voices, performed by singing or alongside musical instruments. A choral or vocal song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs.
Brigadoon is a 1954 American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film, made in CinemaScope and color by Ansco, based on the 1947 Broadway musical of the same name by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. [4] The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli and stars Gene Kelly , Van Johnson , and Cyd Charisse . [ 5 ]
Bell won the Donaldson Award for the best debut performance by an actress in a musical [1] and a New York Drama Critics Circle Award. [5] She sang on the original cast album of Brigadoon and made other recordings for RCA Victor [1] such as Smash Hits of Broadway, released on four 10-inch disks and featuring songs from several Broadway musicals. [7]