Was my brother in the battle? : songs of war.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Swanson, Stephen, 1945- performer.

Contributor:

Musiker, Lee, arranger of music.

Gompper, David Karl, 1954- performer.

Esposito, Nicole, performer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War songs.

Songs (Medium voice) with piano.

Songs (Medium voice) with instrumental ensemble.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Songs.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Songs of war

Place of Publication:

Albany, N.Y. : Albany, [2008]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Battle hymn of the Republic : 1862 / William Steffe (2:35)

We are coming, father Abraam, 300,000 more : 1962 / Stephen Foster (4:11)

Three songs of the war : 1919. / Charles Ives (7:21)

Voices from World War II : 2000 / Gene Scherr ; arr. Lee Musiker (17:11)

So long, mom : a song for World War III : 1965 / Tom Lehrer (1:25)

The ostrich : 1963 / Michael Flanders and Donald Swann (3:05)

The Wild West is where I want to be : 1953 / Tom Lehrer (1:49)

Merry little minuet : 1958 / Sheldon Harnick (3:00)

And the band played Waltzing Matilda : 1976 / Eric Bogle ; arr. David Gompper (5:06)

Masters of war : 1963 / Bob Dylan ; arr. David Gompper (3:03)

Jimmy Newman : 1969 / Tom Paxton ; arr. David Gompper (2:10)

Was my brother in the battle? : 1862 / Stephen Foster (4:35)

Mrs. Bixby's sons : 2004 / David Gopper (6:04).

Participant:

Stephen Swanson, baritone ; David Gompper, piano ; Nicole Esposito, flute and piccolo.

Notes:

Recorded Sept. 4-5, 8-9, 2007, Clapp Recital Hall, University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Compact disc.

Program notes and texts in English in container.

Contains:

Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. We are coming, Father Abraam, 300,000 more.

Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864. Was my brother in the battle?

Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. In Flanders fields.

Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. He is there!.

Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. Tom sails away.

Scheer, Gene. Voices from World War II.

Lehrer, Tom, 1928- So long, mom.

Lehrer, Tom, 1928- So Wild West is where I want to be.

Swann, Donald, 1923-1994. Ostrich.

Harnick, Sheldon. Merry little minuet.

Bogle, Eric. And the band played Waltzing Matilda.

Dylan, Bob, 1941- Masters of war.

Paxton, Tom, 1937- Jimmy Newman.

Gompper, David Karl, 1954- Mrs. Bixby's sons.

OCLC:

246914348

Publisher Number:

00340611056264 gtin-14

340611056264

034061105626

TROY1056 Albany