<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Somewhere", sometimes referred to as "Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)" or simply "There's a Place for Us", is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story that was made into a film in 1961 . The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's' Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the melody, (actually is a quote from the cello and bass line in Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, 17 bars from the end .) and also a longer phrase from the main theme of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake . </P> <P> In the stage musical, the song appears in the second act of the show during the Somewhere Ballet . It is performed by an off - stage soprano singer and is later reprised by the entire company . In the original Broadway production, "Somewhere" was sung by Reri Grist who played the role of Consuelo . </P> <P> At the end of the show, when Tony is shot, Maria sings the first few lines of the song as he dies in her arms . </P>

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