1992
The Metropolitan Tower
Composed by 
Lori Laitman
Lori Laitman Text by 
Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs Song Collection
"The Metropolitan Tower" is the first song in Laitman's song cycle The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs. The poem, by Sara Teasdale, was published in her 1911 volume Helen of Troy and Other Poems.
The second audio selection of "The Metropolitan Tower" is made possible courtesy of the composer. The first audio selection is made possible through a collaboration between the Hampsong Foundation and SongFest. The performers are Katie Martin, soprano, and Barbara Bochenek, piano, and this performance took place at Pepperdine University at SongFest 2010.
Listen
“The Metropolitan Tower” (from “The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs”)
Lauren Wagner (soprano) & Frederick Weldy (piano)1:53
“The Metropolitan Tower” (from “The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs”)
Katie Martin (soprano) & Barbara Bochenek (piano)2:12
Text
The Metropolitan Tower
by Sara Teasdale
We walked together in the dusk
To watch the tower grow dimly white,
And saw it lift against the sky
Its flower of amber light.
You talked of half a hundred things,
I kept each hurried word you said;
And when at last the hour was full,
I saw the light turn red.
You did not know the time had come,
You did not see the sudden flower,
Nor know that in my heart Love’s birth
Was reckoned from that hour.
Related Information
SongFest Website
songfest.usSheet Music
The Metropolitan Tower and Other Songs
Lori Laitman
1. The Metropolitan Tower
2. A Winter Night
3. Old Tunes
4. The Strong House
5. The Hour
6. To a Loose Woman
2. A Winter Night
3. Old Tunes
4. The Strong House
5. The Hour
6. To a Loose Woman
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