SKU: A0.1104244

Irving Berlin’s moving and lyrical composition, based on the hopeful and compassionate poetry of Emma Lazarus, is carefully arranged for Solo Tenor and TTBB Voices with well-supporting Keyboard Accompaniment playable by pianists of even the most modest skills. This beautiful and patriotic anthem fully expresses the essence of the American experience and, although not as well-known as Berlin’s “God Bless America,� is equally powerful and delightfully singable. May also be sung a cappella.

SKU: IZ.OMW228-S

8.5 x 11 inches.

America, the Land of Liberty celebrates immigration, freedom, and liberty in America.

Verses from the poem on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, “Give me your tired, your poor… are set to music and then combined with My Country ‘Tis of Thee and Home on the Range. This piece of music weaves in a fresh new setting of the timeless poetry of Emma Lazarus along with patriotic music and a classic folk song, giving a sense of the contemporary and traditional importance of American immigration.

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

- From “The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus.

SKU: A0.1027050

Your Teeming Shore - for SATB choir and piano. The New Colossus is a sonnet written by American poet Emma Lazarus in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level. 'The New Colossus' reinvented the statue's purpose, turning Liberty into a welcoming mother, a symbol of hope to the outcasts and downtrodden of the world. John T. Cunningham (an American journalist and historian) wrote: The Statue of Liberty was not conceived and sculpted as a symbol of immigration, but it quickly became so as immigrant ships passed under the torch and the shining face, heading toward Ellis Island. However, it was Lazarus's poem that permanently stamped on Miss Liberty, the role of unofficial greeter of incoming immigrants�. In the current political climate, Lazarus's words remain relevant and poignant.

SKU: A0.787256

The Promise of Liberty, available for either SATB or unison/2-part treble choir with optional guitar or piano accompaniment, is an adaptation of the sonnet The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus (1883). The sonnet was written to raise money for the construction of the Statue of Liberty's pedestal and has graced the entrance to the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor since 1945. The chorus for this work is adapted from the Lazarus poem, while the verses are new text written by the composer.

Duration ca. 3 minutes.

The Promise of Liberty

Winds blow fierce and foul storms rage.
Safe shelter seems a hopeless dream.
But in the dark a promise beams, a beacon to a golden age.

 [Chorus] Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
Give me the wretched from your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

 So cries the strong heroic woman, raising her arm to light the way.
Her words ring out from day to day to greet each wave of immigrants.

[Repeat chorus]

Some crossed the sea in a tempest squall.
More came by land up the hemisphere.
Still there's room for everyone here.
The promise of liberty welcomes all.

[Repeat chorus]

Winds still blow and storms still threaten the shelter we build in this new land.
But here we weave a fabric grand
Made strong from many colored threads.

[Repeat chorus].

SKU: A0.629933

The sonnet that American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) wrote in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty has now been set to a grand melody that is scored for a 2-part choir (Soprano and Tenor) with Piano accompaniment. Accessible and appropriate for any school, college or concert venue.  .