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Re: Hindemith Choral Work?
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Bernard Chasan <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:19:03 -0500
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Chris Kim wrote:

>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?

Paul Hindemith died in December 1963, a month later than JFK's
assassination.  However a great choral work in tribute to JFK was
written by Roger Sessions - "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd."

Bernard Chasan

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