THE NEW COLOSSUS

THE NEW COLOSSUS
Setting for Baritone and Piano
of the Sonnet by Emma Lazarus

Publisher
E. C. Schirmer Music Company

Catalog Number
8852

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Description
THE NEW COLOSSUS is my setting of Emma Lazarus’ sonnet (written in 1883 to raise funds for the pedestal of the – at that time – brand-new Statue of Liberty). The sonnet is inscribed on a plaque now located on the Statue’s pedestal, and has become known worldwide by its depiction of the Statue as the “Mother of Exiles” – a symbol of immigration and opportunity associated with the Statue and, by extension, with the United States itself.

Text
The New Colossus

Vocal Range
B-flat 2  :  C-sharp 4

Duration
6′ 00″

Vocal Tessitura
E-flat 3  :  B 3

Commission
Simon Chalifoux

First Performance
March 10, 2019
Société d’Art Vocal de Montréal
Montréal (Québec), Canada

Year of Composition
2018

First Performers
Simon Chalifoux, bass baritone
Michel-Alexandre Broekaert, piano