Walt Whitman and modern music : war, desire, and the trials of nationhood / edited by Lawrence Kramer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kramer, Lawrence, 1946-

Series:

Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 2100.

Garland reference library of the humanities. Border crossings ; v. 10.

Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 2100. Border crossings ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892--Musical settings--History and criticism.

Whitman, Walt.

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.

History.

Musical settings.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Music and the war.

United States.

Music and literature--History--20th century.

Music and literature.

Modernism (Aesthetics).

Nationalism in music.

Physical Description:

xxi, 179 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Garland Pub., 2000.

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.

Notes:

Accompanying sound disc, with same title, cataloged separately.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0815331541

OCLC:

60660393