"The World Was Wide Enough" is the penultimate song from Act 2 of a musical inspired by a 2004 biography by what historian?
The World Was Wide Enough "The World Was Wide Enough" is the penultimate song from Act 2 of the musical "Hamilton", based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song. The song recounts the events of the 1804 duel in Weehawken, New Jersey between then–Vice President Aaron Burr and former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
Julian Herbage Julian Livingstone Herbage (10 September 1904– 15 January 1976) was a musicologist, broadcaster and member of the BBC music department. He is known for his scholarly edition of the score of Handel's "Messiah" (1935), for his role in planning the Proms from 1945 to 1961, and for editing and presenting the weekly BBC programme "Music Magazine" from 1944 to 1973.