2002
Then
Composed by 
Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem Text by Muriel Rukeyser
Aftermath Song Collection
"Then" is the final song in Ned Rorem's song cycle Aftermath, written for medium voice, violin, cello, and piano.
Text
Then
by Muriel Rukeyser
When I am dead, even then,
I will still love you, I will wait in these poems,
When I am dead, even then
I am still listening to you.
I will still be making poems for you
out of silence;
silence will be falling into that silence,
it is building music.
Records
2003
Music@Menlo Live ’03: Innovation / Evolution: The Unfolding of Music 1720 – 2002, Vol. 5 (Voices of Our Time)
John Corigliano, John Harbison, Ned Rorem
Sheet Music
Aftermath
Ned Rorem
1. The Drum
2. Tygers of Wrath
3. The Fury of the Aerial Bombardment
4. The Park
5. Sonnet LXIV
6. On his Seventy-Fifth Birthday
7. Grief
8. Remorse for Any Death
9. Losses
10. Then
2. Tygers of Wrath
3. The Fury of the Aerial Bombardment
4. The Park
5. Sonnet LXIV
6. On his Seventy-Fifth Birthday
7. Grief
8. Remorse for Any Death
9. Losses
10. Then