Conception and composition Īndrew Lloyd Webber originally composed the tune for a proposed Giacomo Puccini project that he later abandoned.
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As Grizabella returns near the end of the musical, she sings the full version of the song as she pleads for acceptance, with Jemima joining in briefly to urge her on.
The first instance occurs at the beginning of the second act after "The Moments of Happiness", and the second instance occurs near the end of the second act right before Grizabella's final appearance. Melodic fragments of "Memory" are then sung twice in a higher D major key by Jemima (also known as Sillabub), a young cat who is sympathetic to Grizabella's plight. She sings a prelude version of "Memory" at the end of the first act, recalling the time before she became an outcast. For most of the musical, Grizabella is ostracized by her fellow Jellicle cats. In Cats, "Memory" is sung primarily by Grizabella, a one-time "glamour cat" who has fallen on hard times and is now only a shell of her former self. In 2020, Jessie Thompson of the Evening Standard wrote, "Paige’s version set the standard and enabled Memory to become one of the most recognisable musical theatre songs of all time." Context "Memory" was named the Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the 1982 Ivor Novello Awards. According to musicologist Jessica Sternfeld, writing in 2006, it is "by some estimations the most successful song ever from a musical." Įlaine Paige originated the role of Grizabella in the West End production of Cats and was thus the first to perform the song publicly on stage. "Memory" is the climax of the musical and by far its best-known song, having achieved mainstream success outside of the musical. It was written for the 1981 musical Cats, where it is sung primarily by the character Grizabella as a melancholic remembrance of her glamorous past and as a plea for acceptance. " Memory" is a show tune composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Trevor Nunn based on poems by T. Song written for the 1981 musical "Cats" "Memory"įrom the album Cats: Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording
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