America Will Be!
Divisi - Sheet Music

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Instruments
Choir
Ensembles
Divisi
4-Part
SATB
A Cappella
Mixed Choir
Genres
African
Americana
Publishers
Galaxy Music Corporation
Series
Composers and Arrangers of Color
Music of Black Composers and Artists
Formats
Octavo
Item Types
Physical
Levels
Late Intermediate
Usages
School and Community
2 soprano soli, SATB choir (divisi) unaccompanied - Late Intermediate

SKU: EC.7.0739

Composed by Joel Thompson. African American Heritage. Octavo. Galaxy Music Corporation #7.0739. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation (EC.7.0739).

ISBN 600313707391. UPC: 600313707391. English.

The friction between professed ideals and painful reality that Langston Hughes captured in his poem, “Let America Be America Again,” is also the foundation of the piece commissioned by Shannon Lyles and the Freedom High School Patriot Singers in Orlando, FL. FHS serves such a diverse community of immigrants that eleven languages were represented in Ms. Lyles’ top choir. Emma Lazarus’ words, which are engraved at the base of the Statue of Liberty, are a perfect foil to Hughes’ dark (but ultimately hopeful) sentiments. The members of the choir were asked to complete three prompts–"I hope…/I dream…/I sing…"–some of which are included in this unique and powerful piece. Duration: 6:00.