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Originally Posted by oboehazzard
Not sure what you are talking about. Ever heard of Frostiana? It's a published choral piece widely known with 7 of Frost's poems.
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Yeah, but that's seven Frost poems that Randall Thompson got permission to use. Whitacre began writing before he got the rights to use the poem, and got zinged by the company when he applied.
You only really need to be careful about Frost poetry that's written post-1923 (on account of anything before is public domain) and only really in music that's going to be published.
Who you really have to watch out for is e.e. cummings. His estate gives NOTHING. Same thing with Pablo Neruda.