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You Gotta Give 'Em Hope

from The Inner Light: Music for Chorus by Arthur Durkee

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Words by Harvey Milk
Music by Arthur Durkee

This is my choral homage to Harvey Milk, using his own words. It is written in celebration of his life and legacy, and as a reminder that his words are still relevant to us today.

Commissioned by Perfect Harmony Men's Chorus.

This is the original version of 2012; the score has been revised twice since then, for small ensemble, and again for chorus.

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Words by Harvey Milk:


You gotta give ‘em hope
You gotta give ‘em hope . . .

I know that you can’t live on hope alone
But without it, life is not worth living.
And you, and you, and you gotta give ‘em hope!

Hope will never be silent.

It takes no compromise to give people their rights.
(You just do it.)
It takes no money to respect the individual.
(You just do it.)
It takes no political deal to give people freedom.
(You just do it.)

Hope will never be silent.

If a bullet should enter my brain,
let that bullet destroy every closet door.
Burst down the closet doors
Once and for all,
And stand up and start to fight.
And you, and you, and you gotta give ‘em hope!

Hope will never be silent.

My name is Harvey Milk, and I’m here to recruit you!

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from The Inner Light: Music for Chorus, released November 23, 2019
Performed by:

Perfect Harmony Men's Chorus
Ken Forney, Artistic Director
Premiered June 2013, Madison, WI

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Arthur Durkee Ann Arbor, Michigan

Arthur Durkee is a composer & songwriter who records & performs on Chapman Stick, bass, analog modular synths, bamboo & wood flutes, keys, frame drums, and voice. He has won awards for composed, notated music as well as for his recordings, & is a published poet, & designer & illustrator. ... more

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