Hoiby - Three Ages of Woman (sample pages)

to Lynn Elfert

Manners Elizabeth Bishop

Lee Hoiby (1990)

Moderato ( = 80)

My

grand fa ther said to

me

as we sat

on the wa gon seat,

3

"Be sure to re mem ber

to al ways speak

to eve

ry

one you

meet."

6

We

met a stran

ger

on

foot.

My

grand

9

"Manners" from THE COMPLETE POEMS 1927-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop. © Copyright 1979, 1983 by Alice Helen Methfessel. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.

© Copyright 1994 by Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. International Copyright Secured.

Printed in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved.

fa ther’s whip tapped

his

2

hat. "Good day, sir.

Good

day.

I

and bowed

A

fine

day."

And

11

said it

where I

sat.

Then

13

we

o ver took a

boy we

knew

with his big

pet

crow

on his shoul

der.

15

"Al

17

ways

of

fer

eve

ry

one

a

ride;

don’t

for get

7

Filling Station Elizabeth Bishop

Lee Hoiby

Moderato ( = 108)

marc.

secco

distastefully

Oh,

but it is

dir

ty!

this

lit tle

fill ing

sta

tion,

3

port.

oil

soaked,

oil

per

me a

ted

to

3

a

dis

5

turb

ing,

o

ver

all

black

trans

lu

cen

cy.

8

"Filling Station" from THE COMPLETE POEMS 1927-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop. Š Copyright 1979, 1983 by Alice Helen Methfessel. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.

Š Copyright 1994 by Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. International Copyright Secured.

Printed in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved.

Be care ful with that

8

match!

Fa ther wears a

dir

ty,

oil

soaked

11

monkey suit

that cuts him un der the

arms,

and several quick and saucy

and greasy

14

cresc.

sons

as

sist

him

(it’s

a

fa

mi

ly

fill

ing sta

17

ritenuto

all

20

A tempo

quite

thoroughly

dir ty.

Do they live

in the station?

tion),

13

Insomnia Elizabeth Bishop

Lee Hoiby

Slow blues

3

The moon

mir ror

looks

out

in

a mil

lion

the bur

eau

miles

4

3

(and

perhaps

with

pride,

at herself,

but she

never, never

smiles)

8

far

3

and a

way

be

yond

sleep,

12

"Insomnia" from THE COMPLETE POEMS 1927-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop. © Copyright 1979, 1983 by Alice Helen Methfessel. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.

© Copyright 1994 by Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. International Copyright Secured.

Printed in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved.

or

perhaps

she’s a daytime

14

sleep

er.

By

the U

niverse

de

16

3

ser ted,

she’d

tell it

to go to hell,

19

3

port.

and she’d find

a bod

on

which

y

of

wa

ter,

or

a

mir

ror,

21

24

to

dwell.

So