"The World is Waiting for the Sunrise" - John Steel (1921), showing Maybeck's Palace of Fine Arts
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR THE SUNRISE - Tenor with orchestra
(Eugene Lockhart - Ernest Seitz)
John Steel
Victor 18844-B, 1921.
This presentation is a tribute to the Palace of Fine Arts, a beautiful and beloved survivor from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, held in San Francisco in 1915. The building's architect, Bernard Maybeck, intended the structure to convey the feeling of sadness that one might have upon viewing a beautiful ancient ruin, and as such, it was set apart from the Fair's other main buildings. Fairgoers' first glimpse of the domed rotunda and colonnade was from across a placid lagoon. The landscaped grounds served as a sculpture garden, and the large building to the rear held art galleries. Maybeck's architectural jewel immediately endeared itself to all who saw it, and a committee was formed to save this treasure from the fate of the rest of the fair buildings (all constructed of impermanent materials, they were quickly demolished at Fair's end).
For decades, the Palace of Fine Arts graced the San Francisco skyline as it slowly turned into the ruin that it had merely been intended to evoke. In the 1960s, money was raised, and the Palace was reconstructed in concrete, with its grand re-opening in September 1967. Now, more than 40 years later, it has been reborn after a second restoration and the gates were opened once again in January 2011.
My grandmother attended the Fair many times during 1915, and it was a high point in her life. She passed her love for the Palace of Fine Arts on to me and my sister when she would take us, as children, to see it. I have slipped into the middle of the slide show, a picture of her and two of her children taken at the Fair.
"The World is Waiting for the Sunrise" is one of my favorites from my grandmother's record collection. The sheet music was published in 1919 and this recording by John Steel was made at the end of 1921. John Steel was an American tenor who appeared in musicals and vaudeville. I was surprised to read that he made very few recordings (about 40), as he seems to show up fairly often on RUclips.
"Down in the lazy west rides the moon,
warm as the night in June . . .
Stars shimm'ring soft in a bed of blue,
While I am calling, and calling, you.
Sweetly, you are dreaming,
As the dawn comes slowly streaming.
Waken, Love, in your bower;
Greet our trysting hour!
Dear one, the world is waiting for the sunrise.
Every rose is heavy with dew.
The thrush on high, his sleepy mate is calling,
And my heart is calling you!" 
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This is a lovely video. Just a note about Gene Lockhart, who wrote the lyrics to this song: he was a Canadian actor, who worked on Broadway, in opera and in movies, taught at Juilliard and wrote several songs -- best remembered as Bob Cratchit in the Reginald Owen's version of the movie "A Christmas Carol" and as the judge in "Miracle on 34th Street," and the Starkeeper in "Carousel.." His daughter was June Lockhart, the actress.
I'm an actor doing research and this song is mentioned in the play. Thanks so much for this valuable resource.
Was it Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie?
So nice to hear the original version of this song.
Hi Anthony,
These were some really interesting images.
It was also interesting to see the photo of your grandmother at 2:02.
And I enjoyed seeing the restored Palace of Fine Arts also.
this song must be one of the most recorded tunes of all time. it's so beautiful, and so beautifully sung by John Steel
True, still most of the later versions leave out the verse and often take the tune at a faster tempo which doesn't really fit the lyrics.
This is my great Grandfather!!!
I have original sheet music for this, finally I can hear what it is supposed to sound like!
Thumbs up if Tennesee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" sent you here.
Great video!
GASP!
nice, slight correction, recorded Dec 1921, released March 1922