Mark Seeley wrote:
>One work caught my attention almost immediately. It was titled "A Requiem
>for Survivors". ...
>
>... composer wrote this work not as a tribute to the deceased, but as a
>memorial for those who are left behind (the "survivors" of the the title).
The idea is not unique. English composer Donald Swann (of Flanders & Swann
fame) composed a 'Requiem for the Living' to words by C. Day Lewis. No
recording is available for that either, unfortunately.
Ruben