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"Seasons of Love" is performed in two parts, the first at the beginning of Act II with the reprise following a few numbers later, following "Take Me or Leave Me". The entire cast performs the song, and the solos are normally performed by two cast members who play several minor roles each (namely Mr.

The cast stands downstage in a straight line facing the audience. In the stage production, the song is sung at the opening of the second act. The song is heard twice throughout the second act (once as the opener, before A Happy New Year and the reprise is heard after " Take Me or Leave Me", before "Without You") before hearing it in its last incarnation as background to I'll Cover You: Reprise and Angel's eulogy. It is performed at the beginning of the second act, referencing recent past events or the events to come. When Larson died the night before the preview opening of the show, the cast sang it at the beginning to pay their respects to the composer. Jonathan Larson actually intended for "Seasons of Love" to be performed symbolically as a song at Angel's funeral. Since four of the lead characters either have HIV or AIDS, the song is often associated with World AIDS Day and AIDS awareness month.

The lyrics ask what the proper way is to quantify the value of a year in human life, concluding in the chorus that the most effective means is to "measure in love". The song is performed by the entire cast in the musical and in the 2005 film adaptation. The main instruments used throughout the song are piano, vocals, guitar, organ, bass and drums. The song starts with an ostinato piano motif, which provides the harmonic framework for the cast to sing "Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes" (the number of minutes in a common year). " Seasons of Love" is a song from the 1996 Broadway musical Rent, written and composed by Jonathan Larson. "Seasons of Love"įrom the album Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
