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Ruben Stam <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 23 Jun 1999 09:03:21 +0200
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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

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