Falling in Love with Love

"Falling in Love with Love"
Song from The Boys from Syracuse
Published 1938
Writer Lorenz Hart
Composer Richard Rodgers

"Falling in Love with Love" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse, where it was introduced by Muriel Angelus. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1938.[1] The song is set to a waltz, but the lyrics "remind his [Hart] listeners of the show's skeptical tone".[2]

Performances

In the 1940 musical film, it was performed by Allan Jones.

It was sung by Bernadette Peters in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997) as the Stepmother.

Notable recordings

References

  1. '"The Boys from Syracuse', 1938" lorenzhart.org, accessed June 23, 2011
  2. Hyland, William George.'The Boys from Syracuse'Richard Rodgers, Yale University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-300-07115-9, p. 120
  3. http://www.discogs.com Sergio Franchi
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