All the Things You are - wikipedia All the Things You are `` All the Things You Are '' is a song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. The song was written for the musical Very Warm for May ( 1939 ) and was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart. It appeared in the film Broadway Rhythm ( 1944 ) and was performed during the opening credit for the romantic comedy A Letter for Evie ( 1945 ). `` All the Things You Are '' ranked in the top five of the Record Buying Guide of Billboard, a pre-retail listing which surveyed primarily the jukebox industry. Recordings by Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, and Frankie Masters helped popularize the song. Contents 1 Form and harmony 2 Notable recordings 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Form and harmony Its verse is rarely sung now, but the main chorus has become a favorite with singers and jazz musicians. The chorus is a 36 - measure AA BA form that features two twists on the usual 32 - bar AABA song - form : A transposes the initial A section down a fourth, while the final A section adds an extra four bars. Play the initial A section chords Problems playing this file ? See media help. Note : The harmonic analysis demonstrates a functional chord progression utilizing the `` circle of fifths. '' This type of progression generally relies on the roots of the chords being a 4th apart. When you take the main key of measures 1 to 5 as A flat major, then the chords can be considered as vi - ii - V - I - IV in A flat major. ( Fmi7 is the sixth degree in A flat ; Bbmi7 is second degree in A flat, etc. ) Using a delay cycle, Db being the tri-tone substitution for G7, the last 3 bars of the A section modulates to the key of C major temporarily. The chords of the A section precisely echo those of the initial eight measure A section, except the roots of each chord in the initial A section are lowered ( transposed down ) by a perfect 4th interval. So Fmi7 in A becomes Cmi7 in A, Bbmi7 becomes Fmi7, Eb7 becomes Bb7, etc. In the same vein, the melody sung over A is identical to the A section melody except every pitch of every melody note is also lowered by a perfect 4th interval. Play the transposed A section chords Problems playing this file ? See media help. Play the B section chord sequence Problems playing this file ? See media help. The bridge of this piece, section B, is another example of a functional chord progression in the keys of G major and E Major. In bars 1 - 4 of this section, it is a simple ii - V - I progression. Using a common chord substitution the F # o chord in measure 5 functions as viio in the key of G major and iio in the key of E minor. Then using simple modal mixture, the B7 chord is used to bridge us from E minor to E major in bar 7. ( Note : although we never see a E minor chord in the composition during this section, it is important to note the relationship of the F # o chord to E major. Without the technique of modal mixture, the use of major tonalities and minor tonalities simultaneously, E minor & E major, the F# would have been simply minor and introduced an additional pitch, C# to the harmony. ) The first 5 measures of A are identical to the initial 8 measure long A and A sections. In the 6th measure, A takes a new path that does not come to an end until the 12 measure of the section. Play the chords of the lengthened A section Problems playing this file ? See media help. The modulations in this song are very unusual for a pop song of the period, and present challenges to a singer or improviser, including a semitone modulation that ends each A section ( these modulations start with measure 6 in the A and A sections and measure 9 of the A section ), and a striking use of enharmonic substitution at the turnaround of the B section ( last two measures of the B Section ), where the G# melody note over a E major chord turns into an A-flat over the F minor 7th of measure 1 of section A. The result is a tune that in the space of every chorus manages to include at least one chord built on every note of the Western 12 - tone scale -- a fact that was celebrated in jazz pianist Alex von Schlippenbach 's serialist reimagining of it on his album Twelve Tone Tales. Because of its combination of a strong melody and challenging but logical chord structure, `` All the Things You Are '' has become a popular jazz standard, and its changes have been used for such contrafact tunes as `` Bird of Paradise '' by Charlie Parker, `` Prince Albert '' by Kenny Dorham and `` Boston Bernie '' by Dexter Gordon. ( Lee Konitz 's `` Thingin ' '' even introduces a further harmonic twist by transposing the chords of the second half of the tune by a tritone. ) The beboppers introduced two favourite devices into performances of this tune, which are still sometimes encountered in performance : one is a brief introduction and conclusion that parodies Rachmaninoff 's prelude op. 3 no. 2 ; the other is an interpolation of the donkey 's song from Ferde Grofe 's Grand Canyon Suite. The verses start off with these lines : Time and again I 've longed for adventure Something to make my heart beat the faster What did I long for, I never really knew Charlie Parker was quoted as saying this song had his favorite lyrics. He used to call it `` YATAG '' which is an acronym for the lines `` you are the angel glow '' in the `` B '' part of the tune. ( Ethan Iverson tipped his hat to this phrase by calling his drastic reworking of the tune 's chords `` Neon ''. ) Notable recordings Chet Baker -- Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman ( 1953 ) David Becker & Joe Diorio -- The Color of Sound ( 2005 ) Tony Bennett -- Live at Carnegie Hall ( 1962 ) Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap -- The Silver Lining : The Songs of Jerome Kern ( 2015 ) Nino Bravo -- Mi tierra ( 1973 ) Clifford Brown -- The Clifford Brown Sextet in Paris ( 1970 ) Dave Brubeck - All the Things We Are ( 1974 ) Don Byas -- A Tribute to Cannonball ( Columbia, 1961 ) Larry Coryell - Shining Hour ( 1989 ) Sonny Criss -- Out of Nowhere ( Muse, 1975 ) Paquito D'Rivera -- Manhattan Burn ( 1987 ) Miles Davis -- Tadd Dameron Quintet in Paris -- Festival International du Jazz, May 1949 ( 1977 ) Paul Desmond -- Two of a Mind ( 1962 ) Tommy Dorsey ( 1939 ) Eliane Elias -- Solos and Duets ( 1994 ) Ella Fitzgerald -- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook ( 1961 ) Booker Ervin -- The Song Book ( Prestige, 1964 ) Bill Evans Trio -- At Shelly 's Manne - Hole ( 1963 ) Bill Evans -- The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2 ( 1992 ) Clare Fischer -- Introspectivo ( 2005 ) Serge Gainsbourg, Elek Bacsik, Michel Gaudry -- All the Things You Are ( 1964 ) Stan Getz -- The Soft Swing ( Verve, 1957 ) Dizzy Gillespie with Charlie Parker ( 1945 ) Earl Grant -- Spotlight on Earl Grant ( 1965 ) Johnny Griffin with John Coltrane and Lee Morgan, -- A Blowing Session ( 1957 ) Lionel Hampton -- Jam Session in Paris ( Emarcy, 1955 ) Hampton Hawes -- The Trio ( 1956 ) Jimmy Heath -- On the Trail ( 1964 ) Ernie Henry -- Last Chorus ( Riverside, 1957 ) Michael Jackson -- Music & Me ( 1973 ) Ahmad Jamal -- Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge ( 1958 ) Keith Jarrett -- Standards Vol. 1 ( 1983 ) -- Jack Jones -- Dear Heart ( 1965 ) Stan Kenton -- Mellophonium Magic ( 1989 ) Stan Kenton -- The Romantic Approach ( Capitol, 1961 ) Lee Konitz -- Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet ( 1953 ) Mario Lanza ( 1951 ) Judy Kaye w / John McGlinn -- Broadway Showstoppers ( 1993 ) Carmen McRae -- Carmen for Cool Ones ( Decca, 1957 ) Brad Mehldau, Art of the Trio 4 : Back at the Vanguard ( 1999 ) Pat Metheny -- Question and Answer ( 1989 ) Charles Mingus -- Mingus at the Bohemia ( 1955 ) Thelonious Monk with Charlie Rouse -- Live at the It Club ( Columbia, 1968 ) Paul Motian with Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano -- On Broadway Volume 2 ( 1989 ) James Moody -- Last Train from Overbrook ( Argo, 1958 ) Gerry Mulligan -- Mullenium ( 1977 ) Gerry Mulligan -- Reunion with Chet Baker ( 1957 ) bonus track on CD Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker -- Complete Original Quartet recordings ( 1952 -- 53 ) Phineas Newborn Jr. -- Here Is Phineas ( 1956 ) Walter Norris -- From Another Star ( 1998 ) Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach -- Jazz at Massey Hall ( 1953 ) Joe Pass -- Virtuoso ( 1973 ) Art Pepper -- Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 ( Galaxy ) Baden Powell -- Apresentando Baden Powell e Seu Violão ( 1959 ) Elvira Ríos -- La emocional Elvira Ríos ( 1963 ) Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Meets Hawk ! ( 1963 ) Gonzalo Rubalcaba with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian -- Discovery ( 1990 ) John Scofield -- Flat Out ( 1989 ) Artie Shaw with Helen Forrest ( 1939 ) Woody Shaw with Bobby Hutcherson -- Night Music ( 1982 ) Frank Sinatra, The Columbia Years 1943 -- 1952 : The Complete Recordings ( 1944 ) Singers Unlimited -- A Cappella ( 1972 ) Keely Smith -- I Wish You Love ( 1957 ) Jo Stafford ( 1946 ) Barbra Streisand -- Simply Streisand ( 1967 ) Ken Tamplin -- Tamplin and Friends -- An Axe to Grind ( 1990 ) Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie -- Send in the Clowns ( 1980 ) Anthony Warlow -- Midnight Dreaming ( 1994 ) Margaret Whiting -- Margaret Whiting Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook ( 1960 ) Phil Woods -- Alto Summit ( 1995 ) Will Young -- Mrs. Henderson Presents ( 2005 ) Denny Zeitlin -- Cathexis ( 1964 ) See also List of 1930s jazz standards References Jump up ^ `` Jerome Kern '' Archived 2016 - 12 - 25 at the Wayback Machine... Songwriters Hall of Fame Jump up ^ Paymer, Marvin E. ; Post, Don E. ( 1999 ). Sentimental Journey : Intimate Portraits of America 's Great Popular Songs, 1920 -- 1945. Noble House. pp. 369 --. ISBN 978 - 1 - 881907 - 09 - 1. Retrieved 21 August 2016. Jump up ^ `` All the Things You Are ''. www.jazzstandards.com. Retrieved 5 October 2018. ^ Jump up to : Gioia, Ted ( 2012 ). The Jazz Standards. Oxford : Oxford University Press. pp. 17 -- 18. ISBN 978 - 0 - 19 - 993739 - 4. Jump up ^ Yanow, Scott. `` Shining Hour ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2018. Jump up ^ Yanow, Scott. `` Mullenium ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2018. External links Lyrics `` All the Things You Are '' for Jazz Guitar Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_the_Things_You_Are&oldid=863724367 '' Categories : 1939 songs Songs from musicals Songs with music by Jerome Kern Songs with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II 1930s jazz standards Jazz compositions in A-flat major Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Articles with hAudio microformats All accuracy disputes Articles with disputed statements from August 2010 All articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases Articles with specifically marked weasel - worded phrases from June 2017 Articles needing more detailed references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Ελληνικά Français Italiano Polski Português Suomi Svenska Tiếng Việt Edit links This page was last edited on 12 October 2018, at 16 : 11 ( UTC ). 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Question: when was all the things you are written
Answer: 1939