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When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (Hindemith) When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (Hindemith) When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd: A Requiem for those we love is a 1946 composition by composer Paul Hindemith, based on the poem of the same name by Walt Whitman. Conductor Robert Shaw and the Robert Shaw Chorale commissioned the work after the 1945 death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It received its world premiere on May 14, 1946 at New York City Center, with the Collegiate Chorale conducted by Shaw and soloists Mona Paulee, contralto, and George Burnson, baritone. David Neumeyer and others regard the "Lilacs" Requiem as Hindemith's
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd narrative action and an array of highly lyrical images." The first version of "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" that appeared in 1865 was arranged into 21 strophes. It was included with this structure in the fourth edition of "Leaves of Grass" that was published in 1867. By 1871, Whitman had combined the strophes numbered 19 and 20 into one, and the poem had 20 in total. However, for the seventh edition (1881) of "Leaves of Grass", the poem's final seven strophes of his original text were combined into the final three strophes of the 16-strophe poem that is