Ailey, Baldwin, Floyd, Killens, and...

When great trees fall
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Authorship

• by Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Ann Johnson (b. 1928), copyright © [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by William Bolcom (b. 1938), "Ailey, Baldwin, Floyd, Killens, and Mayfield", published 1994, first performed 1994 [high soprano, piano, and viola], from Let Evening Come, no. 1. [
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