Four Walt Whitman Songs (1942, 1947)

For voice and piano.
Texts by Walt Whitman.

Song List
Performance Information
Recordings

Song list

1) Beat! Beat! Drums!
2) Oh Captain! My Captain!
3) Come up from the Fields, Father
4) Dirge for Two Veterans

Performance Information

Duration: 18 minutes
Published Editions: European American Music, EA 584
First known performance: 1947, Concert Hall Society recording, William Horne, vocalist, Adam Garner, piano

Guide to orchestration, territory abbreviations, and publishers' symbols.

Recordings

Arabesque CD Z6579	Steven Kimbrough, baritone, Dalton Baldwin, piano
EMI Classics CD 7243 5 55028 2 7	Thomas Hampson, baritone, Craig Rutenberg, piano (includes "Dirge for Two Veterans")
Antes CD BM-CD 31.9105	Urs Affolter, vocal, Uli Kofler, piano (includes "Oh Captain! My Captain!")
Edition Al Segno CD as 2010 2	Stefanie Wüst, soprano, Thomas Wise, piano (includes "Dirge for Two Veterans")

Also see Walt Whitman Songs, version for voice and orchestra.