Helmut Christoferus Calabrese

Helmut Christoferus Calabrese (born 1957) is a German-born composer and poet who immigrated to the U.S. in 1962. He trained at the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts and at New York University and is one of the founders of the music publishers Calabrese Brothers Music, LLC. His song, "The Most Beautiful Lady in the World: Statue of Liberty Anthem", was the subject of two bills in the New Jersey Legislature and the United States House of Representatives calling on the United States Congress to designate it as the official anthem of the Statue of Liberty. The Philadelphia Inquirer said of it: "The music sounds like a love ballad, but the lyrics are a flag waving salute to America". It was performed at Liberty State Park in July 1986 as part of the Statue of Liberty centennial celebration. Compositions Instrumental music Seeking for Solo Drumset, 2009, dedicated to Peter Jarvis, 5 minutes duration Time for Solo Clarinet in B flat, 2008, 8 minutes in duration Mudgrave for Marimba and Vibraphone, 2007, dedicated to Peter Jarvis, 5 minutes in duration Love's Tango for Orchestra, 2007, 3 minutes in duration Tears of Love for Orchestra, 2007, 3 minutes in duration A Little Night Music for Solo Timpani, 2005, dedicated to Peter Jarvis, 10 minutes duration There Is Love for Solo Piano, 2005, 3 minutes Easter Praises for String Quartet, 1994, 16 minutes in duration Vice Versus for Cello and Double Bass, 1992, 10 minutes in duration Band AIDS for Oboe and Violoncello, 1987, 7 minutes in duration XLM for Solo Alto Saxophone, 1987, Saxophone, 6 minutes in duration Five Answers: Cat's Cradle for Brass Quintet, 1987, 2 Trumpets, French Hn., Trombone, and Tuba, 15 min. Being for Solo Flute, 1986, 4 minutes in duration Folk Songs for Solo Piano, 1986, 7 minutes in duration Fugue I for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, and Horn in F, 1984, 7 minutes in duration A Song for Piano and Violin, 1981, 4 minutes in duration The Struggle for Solo Piano, 1980, 10 minutes in duration Senza Resolto…