where the music comes from

at the risk of turning into the obituary pages...

Lee Hoiby is where the music comes from.

(I want to be where the music comes from/when the clock stops/when it's now
I want to be with the friends around me/who have found me/who show me how
I want to sing to the early morning/see the sunlight melt the snow
and oh I want to grow!

-Lee Hoiby)

his music was criticized as "too old fashioned" and "irrelevant" to modern society
he wrote what he wanted to write
it is beautiful

(his music has always affected me personally in quite a profound way that others in his style have never done)

he attracted the attention of Leontyne Price who helped make his songs popular
he then wrote primarily opera
he studied with some of the major musical figures of the day including Francis Poulenc

if you are a vocalist and don't have some of his music in your rep. you should


"and oh! I want to love"


the serpent by Lee Hoiby sung by Leontyne Price

ps Thank-you to my voice teacher Evelyn Harris for introducing me to this man.
pps If you are interested in doing a tribute type of performance in your ensemble, I know of a very nice arrangement of "Where The Music Comes From" that you can get directly from the arranger . . . (me)