Description: Three clowns musical box. Tune: Send in the clowns. Made in Hong Kong. Condition is pre-owned Musical box tested and works! Plastic No rust on screws Very well preserved "Send In the Clowns" is a song written by Stephen Sondheim for the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night. It is a ballad from Act Two, in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. Among other things, she looks back on an affair years earlier with the lawyer Fredrik, who was deeply in love with her but whose marriage proposals she had rejected. Meeting him after so long, she realizes she is in love with him and finally ready to marry him, but now it is he who rejects her: he is in an unconsummated marriage with a much younger woman. Desirée proposes marriage to rescue him from this situation, but he declines, citing his dedication to his bride. Reacting to his rejection, Desirée sings this song. The song is later reprised as a coda after Fredrik's young wife runs away with his son, and Fredrik is finally free to accept Desirée's offer. Sondheim wrote the song specifically for Glynis Johns, who created the role of Desirée on Broadway. The song is structured with four verses and a bridge, and uses a complex compound meter. It became Sondheim's most popular song after Frank Sinatra recorded it in 1973 and Judy Collins' version charted in 1975 and 1977. Subsequently, numerous other artists recorded the song, and it has become a jazz standard. Information about Hong Kong Manufacturing Era In British hands from 1843 until 1997, Hong Kong originally prospered as a result of its favoured position as the centre of a flourishing trade between Europe and the Far East. But its economy developed in a completely different direction after World War II, when Hong Kong became more industrialized, finding a ready market in Southeast Asia for consumer goods, which were in short supply at the time. "Economic development accelerated after 1949 when the Communist takeover of China caused refugees to flood into Hong Kong. Most were virtually destitute, but some were wealthy businessmen, the former providing a ready source of manpower while the latter brought with them capital and technological expertise. Of course, Hong Kong still derived many benefits from being under British administration. The colony enjoyed access to the British market on preferential terms and when America placed restrictions on products originating from the People's Republic of China in 1952, Hong Kong was well placed to take advantage of the situation.
Price: 28 USD
Location: Lewis Center, Ohio
End Time: 2025-02-06T18:59:33.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1900
