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Line 1: {{ {{Infobox song | name = The Lonely Goatherd Line 11: | lyricist = }} "'''The Lonely Goatherd'''" is a popular [[show tune]] from the 1959 [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musical ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' that makes use of [[yodeling]].▼ ▲"'''The Lonely Goatherd'''" is a popular [[show tune]] from the 1959 [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musical ''[[The Sound of Music]]''
The song is well known for its examples of [[yodeling]], a part of the traditional music of the [[Central Eastern Alps|Austrian Alps]], where the musical is set (however, [[Maria von Trapp]] found the yodeling in the motion picture version of ''The Sound of Music'' rendition to be lacking in authenticity).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Juaz5UI6gs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/2Juaz5UI6gs |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Julie Andrews and Maria Von Trapp part 1 of 2|date=27 July 2011 |access-date=26 April 2021|publisher=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> == Background == This song tells the whimsical story of a [[goatherd]] whose [[yodeling|yodelling]] is heard from far off and by passers-by, until he falls in love with a girl who wears a pale-pink coat, with her mother joining in the yodelling. The original 1959 musical has this as the song [[Maria von Trapp|Maria]] (played by [[Mary Martin]]) sings to comfort the Von Trapp children during a storm. For the [[The Sound of Music (film)|1965 film adaptation]], screenwriter Ernest Lehman repositioned this song to a later part of the film wherein Maria (played by [[Julie Andrews]]) and the children sing it as part of a [[marionette]] show they perform for their father. The song in place of "The Lonely Goatherd" was "[[My Favorite Things (song)|My Favorite Things]]", which was originally sung earlier in the original musical While many stage productions retain the original order as used in the 1959 musical, many other productions have also adapted the changes made in the film, shifting "The Lonely Goatherd" to another scene and adding "My Favorite Things" in its place. In the 1981 [[West End theatre|West End]] revival with [[Petula Clark]], Maria and the children sing it at a fair, and in the 1998 [[Broadway theater|Broadway]] revival with [[Rebecca Luker]] it is sung at the Salzburg Festival concert, replacing what would have been an intricate Bach-sounding reprise of "Do Re Mi", showing how exemplary the Von Trapp children were at singing difficult choral compositions. Here, the vocal arrangements were by [[Jeanine Tesori]], giving the audience an idea of how versatile they were. Line 24 ⟶ 25: In the 2013 NBC broadcast of ''[[The Sound of Music Live!]]'', it was once again used as it was in the original 1959 production. The lively number reappears later in both the original stage version, the film version and the 2013 NBC special broadcast as a deliberately paced and very Austrian-sounding instrumental, the ''[[Ländler]]'', a dance performed by the Captain and Maria. It then serves as the catalyst to a dramatic juncture in the film, as the young The famous [[marionette|marionette puppetry]] sequence in the film was produced and performed by the leading puppeteers of the day, [[Bil Baird]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bil Baird’s World of Puppets {{!}} Charles H. MacNider Art Museum |url=https://macniderart.org/exhibitions/permanet-collection/bil-bairds-world-of-puppets/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |language=en-US}}</ref> and Cora Eisenberg. The inspiration<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glVzj468pgI |title=THE SOUND OF MUSIC at the Salzburg Marionettentheater |date=2013-05-29 |last=Rodgers & Hammerstein |access-date=2024-09-30 |via=YouTube}}</ref> for the "Lonely Goatherd" scene came from the famous [[Salzburger Marionettentheater]]. According to ''The Sound of Music Companion'', Hammerstein had come up with several phrases to rhyme with the word goatherd, such as "remote heard", "throat heard", "moat heard", etc. to add enjoyment to the song. Line 33 ⟶ 34: [[Julie Andrews]] performed this song with [[The Muppets]] as the opening number to her guest appearance on ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' in 1977. In ''[[The Nanny]]'' episode "Stock Tip" from Series 2, Brighton accidentally plays the song instead of hip hop and suggests his dad, esteemed Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield, should play his cassettes on his own stereo to prevent further mix-ups. In [[The Story of Tracy Beaker (TV series)|The Story of Tracy Beaker]] episode "Miss You" from Series 1, Mike is reminiscing about good times with his [[guitar]]. We later see him fantasising about taking the Dumping Ground kids camping and in this fantasy we see him singing/playing The Lonely Goatherd.▼ ▲In ''[[The Story of Tracy Beaker (TV series)|The Story of Tracy Beaker]]'' episode "Miss You" from Series 1, Mike is reminiscing about good times with his [[guitar]]. We later see him fantasising about taking the Dumping Ground kids camping and in this fantasy we see him singing/playing The Lonely Goatherd, albeit out of tune. In the ''[[Werewolf (1996 film)|Werewolf]]'' episode of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', [[Mike Nelson (character)|Mike Nelson]] briefly sings the first few lines of the song during the movie's end credits. In 2006 [[Gwen Stefani]] sampled the song in "[[Wind It Up (Gwen Stefani song)|Wind It Up]]" on her album ''[[The Sweet Escape]]''.<ref name="mtvuk">{{cite web |date=February 27, 2007 |title=Pharrell Hated Stefani's Yodelling |url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/9hhm0p/pharrell-hated-stefanis-yodelling |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115194037/http://www.mtv.co.uk/pharrell-williams/news/pharrell-hated-stefanis-yodelling |archive-date=November 15, 2014 |access-date=August 20, 2015 |publisher=[[MTV (UK and Ireland)|MTV UK]]. [[MTV Networks Europe]]}}</ref> The song was also used briefly in a special [[Shrek (franchise)|Shrek]] short/''[[Thriller (song)|Thriller]]'' music video featured on the [[Nintendo 3DS]], and was remixed for the credits.▼ The song is frequently performed by [[Von Trapp Children|The von Trapps]], the real life great-grandchildren of the Captain and Maria, and appears on their Pink Martini collaboration album, ''[[Dream a Little Dream (Pink Martini and the von Trapps album)|Dream a Little Dream]]'', released on March 4, 2014.▼ [[Randy Rainbow]] posted a parody of the song about U.S. presidential candidate [[Hillary Clinton]], titled "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC7u_IKEWwA The Nasty Woman]" on [[YouTube]] on October 26, 2016. ▲The song was also used briefly in a special [[Shrek]] short/''[[Thriller (song)|Thriller]]'' music video featured on the [[Nintendo 3DS]], and was remixed for the credits. [[Slovenia ▲The song is frequently performed by [[Von Trapp Children|The von Trapps]], the real life great-grandchildren of the Captain and Maria, and appears on their album, ''[[Dream a Little Dream (Pink Martini and the von Trapps album)|Dream a Little Dream]]'', released on March 4, 2014. ==References== ▲[[Slovenia|Slovenian]] avant-garde music group [[Laibach]] released a cover of The Lonely Goatherd as part of their 2018 [[The Sound of Music (Laibach album)|The Sound of Music]] album, featuring guest vocals performed by Boris Benko from [[Silence (band)|Silence]]. {{Reflist}} {{Rodgers and Hammerstein}} {{The Story of the Trapp Family Singers}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lonely Goatherd, The}} [[Category:Songs about occupations]] [[Category:Songs about loneliness]] [[Category:1959 songs]] [[Category:Songs with music by Richard Rodgers]] [[Category:Songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II]] [[Category:Songs from The Sound of Music]]
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