Chamber Music Piano,
soprano voice
SKU:
PR.411411690
Composed
by Nkeiru Okoye. 32
pages. Duration 25
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #411-41169.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.411411690).
UPC:
680160686032.
The
four name arias in
HARRIET TUBMAN: When I
crossed that Line To
Freedom, portray stages
in the title character's
transformation from slave
to freedom-fighter.
First, as a child, she
introduces herself as
Araminta, who is often
called, Minty. Her naive
prattlings establish a
dramatic contrast between
childhood's contentment
and the harsh realities
of slave existence. My
name is Harriet, now.
Don't call me Minty any
more, declares the
teenaged heroine. Having
survived a series of
abusive masters and a
debilitating injury, she
asserts her rites of
womanhood through the
shedding of her childhood
moniker. The grown
Harriet Tubman
reintroduces herself as a
free woman, recounting
the harrowing tale of
escape from slavery.
Confronted by bittersweet
poignancy at having
crossed the line to
freedom without family to
welcome her, she is
inspired towards a new
goal: returning home to
rescue loved ones. In the
final aria, Tubman, a
seasoned conductor on the
Underground Railroad,
embraces the folkloric
title given to her by
escapees and aspiring
runaways. I am 'Moses,
the Liberator,' she
proclaims. Her
transformation is
complete.
The four
“name†arias
in HARRIET TUBMAN: When I
crossed thatLine To
Freedom, portray stages
in the title character's
transformationfrom slave
to freedom-fighter.First,
as a child, she
introduces herself as
“Araminta,â€
who is oftencalled,
“Minty.†Her
naïve prattlings
establish a dramatic
contrastbetween
childhood's contentment
and the harsh realities
of
slaveexistence.“My
name is Harriet, now.
Don't call me Minty any
more,†declares
theteenaged heroine.
Having survived a series
of abusive masters and
adebilitating injury, she
asserts her rites of
womanhood through
theshedding of her
childhood moniker.The
grown Harriet Tubman
reintroduces herself as a
free woman,recounting the
harrowing tale of escape
from slavery. Confronted
bybittersweet poignancy
at having crossed the
line to freedom
withoutfamily to welcome
her, she is inspired
towards a new goal:
returninghome to rescue
loved ones.In the final
aria, Tubman, a seasoned
conductor on the
UndergroundRailroad,
embraces the folkloric
title given to her by
escapees andaspiring
runaways. “I am
'Moses, the
Liberator,'†she
proclaims.
Hertransformation is
complete.
Free Woman
