On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Naomi Gurt Lind wrote:
> Lee Hoiby wrote a setting of the Statue of Liberty inscription. ("Give us > your tired...") It's quite beautiful. For soprano but only goes up to an > A. Maybe ok for mezzo. Definitely appropriate to the occasion. > > Great gig, Karena! Have fun! > Naomi
There's a setting of the same text in Irvin Berlin's musical MISS LIBERTY. Possibly more accessible than the Hoiby....
Karen Mercedes http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
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