When Lilacs last in the Door-yard Bloom'd
A Requiem "For those we love"; Ein Requiem "Denen, die wir lieben"
Dedicated to Collegiate Chorale, New York (commissioned by its conductor, Robert Shaw)..
Sheet music
Sheet music
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· 2 editions
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Composed
1946, New Haven; 1946-03-20 (Vocal Score Completed); 1946-04-20 (Full Score Completed); 1947-10-17 (German Translation Completed)
First published
1946 (Choral Score, English, AMP); 1948 (Choral Score, English/German, Schott); 1948 (Vocal Score, English, AMP); 1948 (Vocal Score, English/German, Schott); 1986 (Full Score, SW VII/2)
Period
Modern
Catalogue
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Dedication
Collegiate Chorale, New York (commissioned by its conductor, Robert Shaw).
Movements
11
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Movements
As catalogued on IMSLP.
11
scenes ; When lilacs (Baritone and Chorus) ; Arioso, In the swamp (Mezzo-Soprano Solo); March, Over the breast of the spring (Chorus and Baritone); O western orb (Baritone and Chorus) ; Arioso, Sing on, there in the swamp (Mezzo-Soprano Solo); Song, O how shall I warble (Baritone and Chorus) ; Introduction and Fugue, Lo! body and soul (Chorus); Sing on! you gray-brown bird (Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone Soli and Duet); Death Carol, Come, lovely and soothing Death (Chorus) ; To the tally of my soul (Baritone and Chorus); Finale, Passing the visions (Baritone and Mezzo-Soprano Soli and Chorus)
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