But Bach worked hard on these pieces, revising and refining them three years after their initial composition.

That is more than 40 years after its composition and 35 years after Mahler's death.

Like his paintings, his writing remains controversial decades after its composition.

But just a few years after its composition, the composer tried to drown himself in that same river.

Five centuries after its composition, this song is still one of the most popular traditional Javanese songs.

Its melody was popular for some two centuries after its composition.

Sudras and women were not given access to them soon after their composition.

Nearly a century after its composition, the play still sparkles with wit and sends a shiver down the spine too (2:30).

Textual evidence also supports the view that several of the plays were revised by other writers after their original composition.

The work was lost shortly after its composition, and did not come to light until 1923, almost 20 years after the composer's death.