[log in to unmask] writes:

>I have been told there is a great choral orchestral work by Paul Hindemith
>using text by Walt Whitman and it is a tribute to JFK. Does anyone know
>what work this might be?

it's "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" or "A Requiem for Those
We Loved." It was written in memory of FDR, not JFK, and premiered by
Robert Shaw.  A wonderful work.

It took Shaw about 4 decades to get around to recording it, but when he
did, the results were masterful:

   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003CTZ/classicalnetA/

Bob