Songs by Elie Siegmeister - that could have been on Broadway (though only #1 actually was)

1. As I Was Goin' Along (Edward Eager, from SING OUT, SWEET LAND!) 1944, rev.'67 2'50"
2. Euclid (Vachel Lindsay) "to Hannah" 4/15/40 (in collection WAY UP ON OLD SMOKY) 1'14"

from AMERICAN LEGENDS (1947):
3. Johnny Appleseed (Rosemary Benet) "for Miriam, aged 4 weeks" 3/20/1940 3'19"
4. Nancy Hanks (R. Benet) "for Hannah on her birthday" 6/27/41 2'42"
5. Abraham Lincoln (R. & Stephen Vincent Benet) 9/20/41 1'58"
6. Anne Rutledge (Leo Israel) 12/1941 [already recorded, w/Met Phil Chorus 2/26/06] 2'44"
7. Paul Bunyan (L. Israel) 10/1941 2'21"

8. Childhood Memories (Langston Hughes, from 2 SONGS OF THE CITY) 6/29/51 2'27"
9. No Rose Need Ask (duet from THE WIZARD OF ALTOONA) (L. Hughes) 1951 4'30"
10. Floatin' Down the River (composer) 1/1952 2'50"

For My Daughters (Norman Rosten) 3/1-5/15/1952
11. Have You a Question? 1'36"
12. Rain 2'04"
13. May I Escape? 1'35"
14. Good Morning 1'44"
15. What Did You Do Today? 1'18"
16. Saying Good Night 1'55"
17. Growing 2'10"
18. Goodbye, Goodbye 1'42"

19. Lazy Afternoon (L. Israel) (1943) (from OZARK SET and AMERICAN LEGENDS) 3'11"

20. Isabella's Broom Dance (from MARQUESA OF O) (N. Rosten, after Kleist) 1979-86 1'28"
21. The Memory Is Green (duet from MERMAID IN LOCK#7) (Edward Mabley) 1958 2'51"

from THE PLOUGH & THE STARS (Edward Mabley, after Sean O'Casey) 1963-9:
22. Dublin Song 4'22"
23. Derogatory Wrong 2'49"

24. Languages (Miriam Waddington) "to Mimi" 9/16/1987 3'14"
25. To a Little Girl (composer) "for Lauren Kabat" 6/3/1942, 6/3/1943 (composite) 1'45"
26. Outside My Window (Kim Rich) (2 versions) 12/21/1989 1'56"
27. Untitled 4/1955 (Leonard Lehrman, 6/2007) 2'05"
28. Elie Siegmeister (Leonard Lehrman, 1/1984) 2'20"

Total Timing 67:19 Copyright 2008 by Leonard J. Lehrman & Mimi R. Koren

Lars sings #1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27. Helene sings #2, 4, 6, 8-9, 11-18, 20-24, 26, 28.

#1, 8, 19, 22-23 © 1967, 1975, 1980, 1969 by Carl Fischer
#2 Words © 1925 by Vachel Lindsay; Music © by Elie Siegmeister 1940
#3, 4, 7, 19, 28 Music © by E.B. Marks 1947
#3-5 Words ©1933 by Rosemary & Stephen Vincent Benet
#5, 9, 25 & 27 sketches completed by Leonard Lehrman, 2006-7
© 2008 by Leonard Lehrman & Miriam R. Koren
#6 © 1953 Southern Music Publishers
#8 Words by Langston Hughes, © 1974 by George Houston Bass, Trustee
#10 Words & Music ©1952 by Elie Siegmeister
#11-18 Words by Norman Rosten based on his Songs for Patricia, © 1951
Music © 1978 by Alfred Publishing Co.
#21 © 1958 by Henmar Press (C.F. Peters)
#24 Words © 1986-89 by Miriam Waddington
Music © 1987 by Elie Siegmeister
#26 Words © 1989 by Kim Rich; Music © 1989 by Elie Siegmeister
#28 Words © 1984 by Leonard Lehrman