Walt Whitman and modern music : war, desire, and the trials of nationhood /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Kramer, Lawrence, 1946-
Format:	CD Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Garland Pub., 2000.
Series:	Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 2100. Border crossings (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 10.
Subjects:	Whitman, Walt, > 1819-1892 > Musical settings > History and criticism. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Music and the war. Music and literature > History > 20th century. Modernism (Aesthetics) Nationalism in music.

Table of Contents:

"Red war is my song": Whitman, Higginson, and Civil War music / John M. Picker
"No armpits, please, we're British": Whitman and English music, 1884-1936 / Byron Adams
Eros, expressionism, and exile: Whitman in German music / Werner Grünzweig and Walter Grünzweig
Reclaiming Walt: Marc Blitzstein's Whitman settings / David Metzer
A visionary backward glance: the divided experience in Paul Hindemith's When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd: a requiem "For those we love" / Philip Coleman-Hull
"I'm an American!" Whitman, Weill, and cultural identity / Kim H. Kowalke
Three American requiems: contemplating "When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd / Kathy Rugoff
Like falling leaves: the erotics of mourning in four Drum-taps settings / Lawrence Kramer.