© by Cecil Day Lewis (1904 - 1972)
Requiem for the Living
Language: English
Grant us untroubled rest
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Text Authorship:
- by Cecil Day Lewis (1904 - 1972), "Requiem for the Living", appears in The Gate and Other Poems, first published 1962, copyright ©
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Donald Ibrahim Swann (1923 - 1994), "Requiem for the Living", published 1971. [mezzo-soprano, male speaker (or baritone and female speaker), SATB chorus, percussion, cimbalom, and piano]
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