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=== Conception ===
=== Conception ===
Adriana Caselotti was cast in the 1937 film ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' after interrupting a phone conversation her father – a voice coach – was having on the phone with a talent scout. The scout was casting the upcoming film and noted that a previous candidate had sounded like a 30-year-old so was let go; Caselotti picked up the extension and recommended herself. Only 18 at the time, Disney thought she sounded like a 14-year-old, which is what he wanted, and he offered her the part. She worked on the film for a nominal fee for three years while the film was in production.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/11a142be-42bd-11e6-9b66-0712b3873ae1|title=The Life of a Song: 'Someday My Prince Will Come'|last=Pizzichini|first=Lilian|date=2016-07-08|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref>
[[Adriana Caselotti]] was cast in the 1937 film ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' after interrupting a phone conversation her father – a voice coach – was having on the phone with a talent scout. The scout was casting the upcoming film and noted that a previous candidate had sounded like a 30-year-old, so was let go; Caselotti picked up the extension and recommended herself. Only 18 at the time, Disney thought she sounded like a 14-year-old, which is what he wanted, and he offered her the part. She worked on the film for a nominal fee for three years while the film was in production.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/11a142be-42bd-11e6-9b66-0712b3873ae1|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211231247/https://www.ft.com/content/11a142be-42bd-11e6-9b66-0712b3873ae1|archive-date=2022-12-11|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|title=The Life of a Song: 'Someday My Prince Will Come'|last=Pizzichini|first=Lilian|date=2016-07-08|website=Financial Times|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-13}}</ref>


=== Composition ===
=== Composition ===
Meanwhile, Frank Churchill was chosen as the film's composer, who was instructed by Walt Disney to write something "quaint" in order to "appeal more than the hot stuff". The song sees Caselotti perform with "piercing top notes" and "mushy vibrato". The chord structure that underpins the melody has an atypical quality, that led it to become popular within jazz circles. A long-time partner of Disney, after hearing that his work on Bambi was monotonous and uninteresting, he died at a piano from a gunshot wound in 1942.<ref name=":0" /> The song is typically played in the key of B-flat major.
Meanwhile, [[Frank Churchill]] was chosen as the film's composer, who was instructed by Walt Disney to write something "quaint" in order to "appeal more than the hot stuff". The song sees Caselotti perform with "piercing top notes" and "mushy vibrato". The chord structure that underpins the melody has an atypical quality, that led it to become popular within jazz circles.<ref name=":0" /> The song is typically played in the key of B-flat major.


=== Context ===
=== Context ===
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=== Aftermath ===
=== Aftermath ===
After the film's release, the song became popular outside the context of the narrative as a jazz standard. The first performance was within the [[Theresienstadt]] concentration camp in 1943, played by band known as the Ghetto Swingers. After World War II, it was performed by jazz musicians such as Dave Brubeck, who included it on his 1957 album ''Dave Digs Disney''. Another popular recording came from Miles Davis in 1961, who [[Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis album)|named his album after the song]].<ref name=":0" />
After the film's release, the song became popular outside the context of the narrative as a jazz standard. The first performance was within the [[Theresienstadt]] concentration camp in 1943, played by a band known as the Ghetto Swingers. After World War II, it was performed by jazz musicians such as Dave Brubeck, who included it on his 1957 album ''Dave Digs Disney''. Another popular recording came from Miles Davis in 1961, who [[Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis album)|named his album after the song]].<ref name=":0" />


=== Critical reception ===
=== Critical reception ===
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=== Legacy ===
=== Legacy ===
The [[American Film Institute]] listed this song at No. 19 on their [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs|list of the 100 greatest songs in movie history]]. Following "[[When You Wish Upon A Star]]" from ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' at No. 7, this is the second highest ranked song from a Disney movie out of four, with the other two being "[[Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)|Beauty and the Beast]]" from ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' at No. 62 and "[[Hakuna Matata (song)|Hakuna Matata]]" from ''[[The Lion King]]'' at No. 99. The song was then briefly sung on the 1971 sitcom ''[[All in the Family]]'' by [[Edith Bunker]] in the episode "Archie's Weighty Problem".
The [[American Film Institute]] listed this song at No. 19 on their [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs|list of the 100 greatest songs in movie history]]. Following "[[When You Wish Upon a Star]]" from ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' at No. 7, this is the second-highest ranked song from a Disney movie out of four, with the other two being "[[Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)|Beauty and the Beast]]" from ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' at No. 62 and "[[Hakuna Matata (song)|Hakuna Matata]]" from ''[[The Lion King]]'' at No. 99. The song was then briefly sung on the 1971 sitcom ''[[All in the Family]]'' by [[Edith Bunker]] in the episode "Archie's Weighty Problem".


== Selected covers ==
== Selected covers ==
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* [[Bill Evans]] – ''[[Portrait in Jazz]]'' (1960)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Bill Evans]] – ''[[Portrait in Jazz]]'' (1960)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Miles Davis]] – ''[[Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis album)|Someday My Prince Will Come]]'' (1961)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Miles Davis]] – ''[[Someday My Prince Will Come (Miles Davis album)|Someday My Prince Will Come]]'' (1961)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Wynton Kelly]] – ''[[Someday My Prince Will Come (Wynton Kelly album)|Someday My Prince Will Come]]'' (1961)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Oscar Peterson]] and [[Milt Jackson]] – ''[[Reunion Blues]]'' (1971)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Oscar Peterson]] and [[Milt Jackson]] – ''[[Reunion Blues]]'' (1971)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Herbie Hancock]] – ''[[The Piano (Herbie Hancock album)|The Piano]]'' (1978)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Herbie Hancock]] – ''[[The Piano (Herbie Hancock album)|The Piano]]'' (1978)<ref name="standards" />
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* [[Keith Jarrett]] - ''Up for It'' (2002)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Keith Jarrett]] - ''Up for It'' (2002)<ref name="standards" />
* [[Stanley Clarke]] – ''[[Jazz in the Garden]]''<ref name="Nastos">{{cite web |last1=Nastos |first1=Michael G. |title=Jazz in the Garden |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-in-the-garden-mw0000804343 |website=AllMusic |access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> (2009)
* [[Stanley Clarke]] – ''[[Jazz in the Garden]]''<ref name="Nastos">{{cite web |last1=Nastos |first1=Michael G. |title=Jazz in the Garden |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/jazz-in-the-garden-mw0000804343 |website=AllMusic |access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> (2009)
*[[Melody Gardot]] - [[Bye Bye Blackbird EP]] (2009)
*[[Melody Gardot]] - ''[[Bye Bye Blackbird EP]]'' (2009)


===Pop covers===
===Pop covers===
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* [[Patricia Paay]] - Patricia Zingt (1966)
* [[Mireille Mathieu]] and [[Peter Alexander (Austrian performer)|Peter Alexander]] - Peter Alexander präsentiert Walt Disney's Welt (1976, in German)
* [[Sinéad O'Connor]] and [[Andy Rourke]] - ''[[Stay Awake (Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films)]]'' (1988)
* [[Barbra Streisand]] – ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Platinum Edition DVD/VHS'' (2001)
* [[Barbra Streisand]] – ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Platinum Edition DVD/VHS'' (2001)
* [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] – (2002) Never for sale,<ref>[http://www.eneabba.net/ayu/disco/video/12A.Snow_white.htm "Snow White"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> the song was used by [[Disney]] in a promotional video for the re-release of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' in [[Japan]].<ref>[http://ayu-vogue.net/facts.php Ayu-Vogue.net - a tribute to Ayumi Hamasaki<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207083316/http://ayu-vogue.net/facts.php |date=2009-02-07 }}</ref>
* [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] – (2002) Never for sale,<ref>[http://www.eneabba.net/ayu/disco/video/12A.Snow_white.htm "Snow White"<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> the song was used by [[Disney]] in a promotional video for the re-release of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' in [[Japan]].<ref>[http://ayu-vogue.net/facts.php Ayu-Vogue.net - a tribute to Ayumi Hamasaki<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207083316/http://ayu-vogue.net/facts.php |date=2009-02-07 }}</ref>
* [[Anastacia]] – ''[[Disneymania]]'' (2002)
* [[Anastacia]] – ''[[Disneymania]]'' (2002) and ''[[Freak of Nature (Deluxe)]]'' (2002)
* [[Ashley Tisdale]] and [[Drew Seeley]] – ''[[Disneymania 4]]'' (2006)
* [[Ashley Tisdale]] and [[Drew Seeley]] – ''[[Disneymania 4]]'' (2006)
* [[The Cheetah Girls (group)|The Cheetah Girls]] – ''[[Disneymania 6]]'' (2008)
* [[The Cheetah Girls (group)|The Cheetah Girls]] – ''[[Disneymania 6]]'' (2008)
* [[Tiffany Thornton]] - ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition DVD/Blu-ray'' (2009)
* [[Tiffany Thornton]] - ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition DVD/Blu-ray'' (2009)
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*[[Patricia Paay]] - Patricia Zingt (1966)


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{YouTube|45r2t1pGGyQ|Disney Sing-Along}} (on Disney's official channel)
* {{YouTube|45r2t1pGGyQ|Disney Sing-Along}} (on Disney's official channel)
* [http://mcir.usc.edu/cases/1940-1949/Pages/allenwaltdisney.html Music Copyright Infringement Resource] - 1941 plagiarism case.
* [http://mcir.usc.edu/cases/1940-1949/Pages/allenwaltdisney.html Music Copyright Infringement Resource] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023125054/http://mcir.usc.edu/cases/1940-1949/Pages/allenwaltdisney.html |date=2018-10-23 }} - 1941 plagiarism case.
*{{YouTube|SnO0gFt44YY|"Someday My Prince Will Come (From "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs")"}}
*{{YouTube|tR5-WNcElNw|"Someday My Prince Will Come (New 2001 Studio Version)"}}
*{{YouTube|0NKKr-6TSQ4|"Someday My Prince Will Come"}}
*{{YouTube|gWy2lG5oOG8|"Some Day My Prince Will Come"}}
*{{YouTube|PfAfzm4eeZ8|"Some Day My Prince Will Come"}}
*{{YouTube|SPGobe_Irvw|"Someday My Prince Will Come (Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs) {{!}} Official Disney Channel UK"}}


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Latest revision as of 15:54, 19 November 2024

This article is about the song. For other uses, see Someday My Prince Will Come (disambiguation).
"Someday My Prince Will Come"
Song by Adriana Caselotti
from the album Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Recorded1937
GenreSoundtrack
Length1:53
LabelWalt Disney
Composer(s)Frank Churchill
Lyricist(s)Larry Morey

"Someday My Prince Will Come" is a song from Walt Disney's 1937 animated movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was written by Larry Morey (lyrics) & Frank Churchill (music), and performed by Adriana Caselotti (Snow White's voice in the movie). It was also featured in the 1979 stage adaptation of the 1937 animated musical movie. In AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, it was ranked the 19th greatest film song of all time.

Production

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Conception

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Adriana Caselotti was cast in the 1937 film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs after interrupting a phone conversation her father – a voice coach – was having on the phone with a talent scout. The scout was casting the upcoming film and noted that a previous candidate had sounded like a 30-year-old, so was let go; Caselotti picked up the extension and recommended herself. Only 18 at the time, Disney thought she sounded like a 14-year-old, which is what he wanted, and he offered her the part. She worked on the film for a nominal fee for three years while the film was in production.[1]

Composition

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Meanwhile, Frank Churchill was chosen as the film's composer, who was instructed by Walt Disney to write something "quaint" in order to "appeal more than the hot stuff". The song sees Caselotti perform with "piercing top notes" and "mushy vibrato". The chord structure that underpins the melody has an atypical quality, that led it to become popular within jazz circles.[1] The song is typically played in the key of B-flat major.

Context

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This song first appears 57:40 into the movie, when Princess Snow White sings a bedtime song about how the prince she met at the castle will someday return for her. Later in the film, Snow White sings a reprise while making a pie and a more formal version with a chorus is heard when the prince and Snow White leave for his castle at the film's end.

Release

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Aftermath

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After the film's release, the song became popular outside the context of the narrative as a jazz standard. The first performance was within the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1943, played by a band known as the Ghetto Swingers. After World War II, it was performed by jazz musicians such as Dave Brubeck, who included it on his 1957 album Dave Digs Disney. Another popular recording came from Miles Davis in 1961, who named his album after the song.[1]

Critical reception

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The Financial Times wrote that the song "spelt out the tantalising promise of love and nurture".[1]

Legacy

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The American Film Institute listed this song at No. 19 on their list of the 100 greatest songs in movie history. Following "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Pinocchio at No. 7, this is the second-highest ranked song from a Disney movie out of four, with the other two being "Beauty and the Beast" from Beauty and the Beast at No. 62 and "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King at No. 99. The song was then briefly sung on the 1971 sitcom All in the Family by Edith Bunker in the episode "Archie's Weighty Problem".

Selected covers

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Jazz covers

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Pop covers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Pizzichini, Lilian (2016-07-08). "The Life of a Song: 'Someday My Prince Will Come'". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
  3. ^ Nastos, Michael G. "Jazz in the Garden". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Snow White"
  5. ^ Ayu-Vogue.net - a tribute to Ayumi Hamasaki Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
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