50+ Music<p>"Maria" is a song from the 1957 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Broadway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broadway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/musical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WestSideStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestSideStory</span></a>, sung by the lead character Tony. The music was written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LeonardBernstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardBernstein</span></a> and lyrics by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StephenSondheim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephenSondheim</span></a>. The song was published in 1956. "Maria" is sung by the male lead Tony when he learns the name of the girl he's fallen in love with is "Maria". The name "Maria" is spoken or sung in the song 30 times. The song was originally composed in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EflatMajor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EflatMajor</span></a> (following an 8-bar introduction in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BMajor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BMajor</span></a>). <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVM1LXOids" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=0oVM1LXOids</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>