Question

This man inspired a “secular” cantata that Virgil Thomson called “superficially warlike,” subtitled A Free Song. Baritone Nmon Ford premiered a Jennifer Higdon piece inspired by this man, which draws on a 1946 oratorio written after FDR’s death. Faye Robinson and the Boston Symphony Orchestra premiered a 1996 Pulitzer Prize-winning piece for voice and orchestra named for a work by this man, (15[1])the most famous piece by George Walker. (15[1])A B-flat minor brass fanfare on the word (-5[1])(*) “Behold” (10[1]-5[1])opens (10[1])a symphony (10[2]-5[1])inspired (10[1])by this author, (10[2])whose fourth movement, “The Explorers,” (10[1])has the orchestra imitate a ship (10[1])carrying away the soul. (-5[1])Three poems by this author inspired the Dona nobis pacem (10[1])by a composer who also used his poems for A Sea Symphony. For 10 points, name this author who inspired Paul (10[1])Hindemith’s oratorio When (10[1])Lilacs Last in (10[1])the Dooryard (10[1])Bloom'd. (10[2])■END■ (10[5])

ANSWER: Walt Whitman
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sam FooEugene o'NeggingA VK a Day Keeps the Doctor Away6115
Richard NiuThe Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola1.g4 Test Mixture6815
OphirmnemonistschamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia76-5
Vincent DuUNC AUNC Hunny77-5
Ivvone ZhouUNC BDuke7710
Raymond WangNaocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew HesseLet's Fighting Love7810
Keven Park>:3Noli Me Tangerine8010
Joy Anboy's jitches (ft. DMA)NJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)80-5
Joel MilesRiley et al.The Present King of James is Bald8010
Matt JacksonChicago A Minus MinusCharlotte Mewing to get that chiseled farmer’s bride jawline8110
Max BrodskyNobodaddy but youBHSU8410
Jeremy CummingsOh the Missouripurdoobie brothers8410
Jordan BrownsteinJinAh and Jordan from WikiquizJJaryland8910
Andrei HuiHeat-Oppressed BrainsYou, Me and the Big G9510
Adam SilvermanLabour's Lost LoversTriple Round Robin Lovers99-5
Iain CarpenterSandmännchen im HelikopterParden the Interruption10910
Milan FernandezCleo: 5/7 movieFree-ish Agents13010
Mason YuJason LoversJeffrey and Dahmers13310
Henry CafaroChicago B2 days into college and I'm 3 lectures behind13610
Ben Dahlmalcolm in the middlemarch (Purdue 1)Michigan13810
Fierro GreyNJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess)boy's jitches (ft. DMA)13910
John StathisUNC HunnyUNC A13910
Alex JiangJason LoversClark A14010
Kevin WangTriple Round Robin LoversLabour's Lost Lovers14010
Jeffrey FungJeffrey and DahmersClark B14010
Derek ChenchamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbiamnemonists14010
Mike BentleyWorld's Fair Wiggle WalkHouston Junior College14010