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Emma Lazarus
Emma Lazarus (July 22, 1849 – November 19, 1887) was an American author of poetry, prose, and translations, as well as an activist for Jewish and Georgist causes. She is remembered for writing the sonnet "The New Colossus", which was inspired by the Statue of Liberty, in 1883. Its lines appear inscribed on a bronze plaque, installed in 1903, on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Lazarus was involved in aiding refugees to New York who had fled antisemitic pogroms in eastern Europe, and she saw a way to express her empathy for these refugees in terms of the statue. The last lines of the sonnet were set to music by Irving Berlin as the song "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor" for the 1949 musical ''Miss Liberty'', which was based on the sculpting of the Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World''). The latter part of the sonnet was also set by Lee Hoiby in his song "The Lady of the Harbor" written in 1985 as part of his song cycle "Three Women".Lazarus was also the author of ''Poems and Translations'' (New York, 1867); ''Admetus, and other Poems'' (1871); ''Alide: An Episode of Goethe's Life'' (Philadelphia, 1874); ''Poems and Ballads of Heine'' (New York, 1881); ''Poems, 2 Vols.''; ''Narrative, Lyric and Dramatic''; as well as ''Jewish Poems and Translations''. Provided by Wikipedia
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1The new colossus: setting for baritone and piano of the poem by Emma LazarusPublished 2019Order via interlibrary loanMusical Score Book
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3A new country: for mezzo-soprano, flute, violin, viola, violoncello & pianoPublished 2018Order via interlibrary loanMusical Score Book
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12Songs of a Semite: The dance to death, and other poemsPublished 1970Order via interlibrary loanBook
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13Songs of a Semite: The dance to death, and other poemsPublished 1970Order via interlibrary loanBook
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20Stap verder: for female voice, tapdancer and big band : 2016Published 2016Other Authors: “…Lazarus, Emma 1849-1887…”
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