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Re: Hindemith Choral Work?
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Steve Schwartz <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:07:49 -0600
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Chris Kim:

>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?

Are you sure?  The only thing I know of that might qualify (and in date
only) is the Mainzer Umzug of 1962.  Its text isn't by Whitman.

Now, When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (Requiem for those we love)
has a text by Whitman, but is intended as a tribute to FDR.

Steve Schwartz

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