Helmut 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”. 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