Song Details for: A Bowler Hat
Show: Pacific Overtures (Info / Wikipedia)
Composer: Stephen Sondheim (Info / Wikipedia)
- Character's Age
- 33-39, 25-32
- Voice Type
- Baritone/Bass
- Tempo
- Medium/Moderate
- Comedic/Dramatic
- Dramatic
- Lyricist
- Stephen Sondheim (Info / Wikipedia)
- Year Written
- 1976
- Original Key
- C Minor
- Time Signature
- 3/4
- Voice Range
- G2 - E♭4 (Middle C = C4)
- Accompanist Difficulty
- 3
- Page Numbers
- 175-190
- Popularity
- Very popular
Comments: The years pass as Kayama and Manjiro dress themselves for tea. As Manjiro continues to dress with painstaking slowness into ceremonial robes for the tea ritual, Kayama slowly adopts the manners and dress of the newcomers, proudly displaying his new pocket watch, cutaway coat and "A Bowler Hat".