Excelsior - Literature and Music

Literature and Music

  • "Excelsior" (Longfellow), a 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    • Longfellow's poem, set to music as a duet for tenor and baritone by Michael William Balfe
  • Excelsior (Macedonski), a book of poems by Alexandru Macedonski
  • "Excelsior" (short story), a 1948 short story by P. G. Wodehouse
  • "Excelsior" (Whitman), a poem by Walt Whitman
  • ExcĂ©lsior, a newspaper published in Mexico City
  • Daily Excelsior, a newspaper published in Jammu and Kashmir

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