"When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd. A Requiem for those we love"
"When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd. A Requiem for those we love"
- Composer
- Paul Hindemith
- Time of origin
- 1946
- Duration
- 63 Minuten
- Performance history
- 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 solo