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SAINTS AND SINNERS
LOEWE, Frederick and ROME, Harold, lyricist. "SAINTS AND SINNERS." No date, probably c.1935-1940.
SOME OF LOEWE'S EARLIEST SURVIVING SONGS FOR BROADWAY
Frederick Loewe's personal archive relating to one of his early Broadway projects as a composer, the show entitled Saints and Sinners, set in Kilwarra, Ireland "as lovely a village as Irish eyes have ever seen. " Kilwarra's "favorite son," who went to seek his fortune in New York, is returning rich and successful to the village of his childhood. Comprising: 14 pages manuscript music, 1 cover sheet, 10 pages typescript lyrics.
Contents:
"Love's Rocky, Rocky Road," autograph manuscript melody and lyrics by Loewe, with several erasures and corrections, 1 page
"Love's Rocky, Rocky Road," manuscript piano-vocal score, in the hand of an unknown copyist, 11 pages, cover sheet with five-line note in Loewe's hand listing "Francine's Keys," and five songs
"I'm Home Again," autograph manuscript melody and lyrics by Loewe, 1 page, half page unidentified melodic sketch on back
"There's A Still, Small Voice," autograph manuscript melody and lyrics by Loewe, 1 page
[With:]
Typescript lyrics, 10 pages, for nine songs in "Saints and Sinners," including "I'm Home Again," "You Need A Mother," and "There's A Still, Small Voice," 8 pages stapled, plus two extra typescript pages (a new p.4 with a different song, "Dancin' Day," and an unnumbered page with "There's A Still, Small Voice," probably an early version, as the title of the show at top is "Sinner's Holiday").
Saints and Sinners
LOEWE, Frederick and ROME, Harold, lyricist. "SAINTS AND SINNERS." No date, probably c.1935-1940.
SOME OF LOEWE'S EARLIEST SURVIVING SONGS FOR BROADWAY
Frederick Loewe's personal archive relating to one of his early Broadway projects as a composer, the show entitled Saints and Sinners, set in Kilwarra, Ireland "as lovely a village as Irish eyes have ever seen. " Kilwarra's "favorite son," who went to seek his fortune in New York, is returning rich and successful to the village of his childhood. Comprising: 14 pages manuscript music, 1 cover sheet, 10 pages typescript lyrics.
Contents:
"Love's Rocky, Rocky Road," autograph manuscript melody and lyrics by Loewe, with several erasures and corrections, 1 page
"Love's Rocky, Rocky Road," manuscript piano-vocal score, in the hand of an unknown copyist, 11 pages, cover sheet with five-line note in Loewe's hand listing "Francine's Keys," and five songs
"I'm Home Again," autograph manuscript melody and lyrics by Loewe, 1 page, half page unidentified melodic sketch on back
"There's A Still, Small Voice," autograph manuscript melody and lyrics by Loewe, 1 page
[With:]
Typescript lyrics, 10 pages, for nine songs in "Saints and Sinners," including "I'm Home Again," "You Need A Mother," and "There's A Still, Small Voice," 8 pages stapled, plus two extra typescript pages (a new p.4 with a different song, "Dancin' Day," and an unnumbered page with "There's A Still, Small Voice," probably an early version, as the title of the show at top is "Sinner's Holiday").
Saints and Sinners