> > >Laura asked: > >>Does anyone know the exact title of the Hoiby song or if it's in a songbook >>of his or available separately? I'd very much like to find this piece. >> > >I'm a big Hoiby fan and have the song you're asking of: It's in a collection entitled: Lee Hoiby, Thirteen Songs, put out by G. Schirmer, Inc. and distributed by Hal Leonard, 1998 Printing. ISBN 0-7935-4384-3. > >The name of the song is, as someone mentioned, "Lady of the Harbor" and it's a wonderful piece. I bought it online from T.I.S. Vocal Music or, tismusic.com (phone is 1-800-421-8132) There are a log of nice pieces in this collection. > Also consider, for a non-sacred Americana song, Leonard Bernstein's "Take Care of this House (from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue), see Leonard Bernstein Song Album, Boosey & Hawkes (1988). I've heard Frederica von Stade do a wonderful performance of this piece. The words are by Alan Jay Lerner and in some ways are all too a propos...: "Take care of this house, keep it from harm, if bandits break in, sound the alarm, Care for this house, shine it by hand and keep it so clean the glow can be seen all over the land, Be careful at night, check all the doors, If someone makes off with a dream, the dream will be yours, Take care of this house, be always on call, for this house--is the hope of us all..."
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