Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe 14, 2015 to March 29, 2015, the cast recording of "Nevermore" was released by Broadway Records on June 16, 2015 entitled "Nevermore - The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) [2 CD set]". "Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe" was the winner of seven Sterling Awards in 2009, including: Additionally, "Nevermore" received two Betty Mitchell Awards in 2011: Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe, is a musical that was written, composed, and
Poems by Edgar Allan Poe poem concludes with the author wondering as to whether if their places traded, he could craft a bolder melody from his lyre than Israfil. The poem parallels Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" in the inspiring yet ultimately unfulfilling song of a heavenly muse. Hervey Allen likened Poe himself to Israfil and titled his 1934 biography "Israfil: The Life and Times of Edgar Allan Poe". The poem was set to music by Oliver King in 1890 and by Leonard Bernstein in his "Songfest" of 1977. First appearing simply as "The Lake" in Poe's 1827 collection "Tamerlane and Other Poems", the amended title appeared