Who was the poet whose work inspired Hindemith's requiem?
Robert Frost
TS Eliot
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
Answer
Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist who is widely regarded as one of the most influential poets in American history. He is best known for his collection of poems Leaves of Grass, which was first published in 1855 and has been revised and expanded several times since then.
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