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Authorship

by Léon Bazalgette , title unknown

a text in English by Walt Whitman (1819-1892) , "Whispers of Heavenly Death", from Leaves of Grass

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Eugene MacDonald Bonner (1889-1983) , no title, published 1925 [voice and piano or orchestra], from Whispers of Heavenly Death, no. ?, also set in English

by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "Whispers of heavenly death", published 1930 [voice and piano], from Songs at Parting: A Selection of Walt Whitman's Poems, no. 7.
by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) , "On the frontier" [mezzo-soprano and piano]
by Eugene MacDonald Bonner (1889-1983) , "Whispers of heavenly death", published 1925 [voice and piano or orchestra], from Whispers of Heavenly Death, no. ?, also set in French
by Leonard Kastle (1929-) , "Whispers of heavenly death", published 1956. [SATB chorus and piano ad libitum]
by Raymond Luedeke , "Whispers of heavenly death", 1974. [duet for 2 sopranos with piano]
by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) , "Nocturne", 1925?, published 1925 [voice and piano], from Three Poems by Walt Whitman, no. 1.
by David McKinley Williams (1887-1978) , "Whispers of heavenly death", published 1934 [alto, mixed chorus, and organ or orchestra], anthem

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