As early as 1917, Jerome Kern wrote that "musical numbers should carry on the action of the play, and should be representative of the personalities of the characters who sing them." The lyricist Oscar Hammerstein, another proponent of this view, even refused to list the numbers in Rose-Marie because he thought it would detract from what he viewed as the close integration between the book and the lyrics. In musical theatre, the lyrics of the individual song numbers are integrated with the narrative of the libretto (or "book"). Both meanings of the term have been used in American English since the second half of the 19th century. It can also refer either to an individual song in a published collection or an individual song or dance in a performance of several unrelated musical pieces as in concerts and revues. In music, number refers to an individual song, dance, or instrumental piece which is part of a larger work of musical theatre, opera, or oratorio. ![]() ![]() ![]() Individual numbers from musicals were often published separately as sheet music as in this example, "They All Look Alike" from Jerome Kern's Have a Heart
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