- Isn't It Romantic?
"Isn't It Romantic?" is a popular
song and part of theGreat American Songbook . The music was composed byRichard Rodgers , with lyrics byLorenz Hart . It has a 32-bar chorus in ABAC form.Alec Wilder , in his book "" calls it "a perfect song."It was introduced in the Paramount film "
Love Me Tonight " (1932). It has since been recorded numerous times, with and without vocals, by many jazz and popular artists. It has also since been featured in a number of movies, including several other Paramount films, such asPreston Sturges ' "The Lady Eve " (1941) and "The Palm Beach Story " (1942), as well asBilly Wilder 's "Sabrina " 1954In "Love Me Tonight", the song is used in an innovative sequence in which it is first sung by
Maurice Chevalier , a tailor, and then taken up by others (his customer, a cabby, a composer, a troop of soldiers, a band of gypsies) and is finally heard and sung by a princess, played byJeanette MacDonald .The lyrics in the film are not the same as those in the published version.
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