Do not go gentle into that good night

Do not go gentle into that good night
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by Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) , no title, from Botteghe Oscure (November 1951), revised 1952, 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 John Michael Hearne (1937-) , "Do not go gentle into that good night", 1959 [soprano, baritone, SATB chorus, and orchestra], from Symphonic Cantata 3, no. ?
by Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983) , "Do not go gentle into that good night", published 1953 [mezzo-soprano, flute, viola], from Three songs, no. ?
by John McCabe (1939-) , "Do not go gentle into that good night", published 1963 [soprano, chamber orchestra], from Five elegies, no. ?
by Richard Orton (1940-) , "Do not go gentle into that good night", 1965. [soprano and four-part wordless TBarBarB chorus a cappella]
by Horace Reisberg (1930-) , "Do not go gentle into that good night" [soprano, tenor, SATB chorus, horn, violoncello, and piano]
by Wallingford Riegger (1885-1961) , "The dying of the light", op. 59, published 1956. [high or medium voice and piano or orchestra]
by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) , "In memoriam Dylan Thomas", published 1954. [tenor and string quartet or piano]
by Graham Whettam (1927-) , "Do not go gentle into that good night", published 1968. [chorus a cappella]

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