Song of Walt Whitman
Song of America
Ep 3 · 59 min
Whitman, the “Bard of Democracy,” was the founder of a new American language. With music built deep into his poetry, it’s no surprise that Whitman has been a beacon for American composers.
Info / Credits
Additional recordings:
Ange si pur
from La Favorita
Gaetano Donizetti / Alphonse Royer and Gustav Vaez after Baculard d’Arnaud
Ramon Vargas, tenor; Munich Radio Orchestra conducted by Marcello Viotti
RCA/BMG 74321 66229 2
Songs
The Commonplace1946Ernst BaconWalt WhitmanWalt Whitman1921Charles IvesWalt WhitmanBehold This Swarthy Face1990Gerald BusbyWalt WhitmanWe Two1946Elinor Remick WarrenWalt WhitmanPrayer of Columbus1993Robert StrassburgWalt WhitmanO You Whom I Often and Silently Come1961Ned RoremWalt WhitmanAs I Watch’d the Ploughman Ploughing1901Philip DalmasWalt WhitmanDirge For Two Veterans1942 · Four Walt Whitman SongsKurt WeillWalt WhitmanLook Down, Fair Moon1940Charles NaginskiWalt WhitmanMemories of Lincoln1920William Harold NeidlingerWalt WhitmanTo What You Said1977 · SongfestLeonard BernsteinWalt WhitmanOne Thought Ever at the Fore1930 · Songs at PartingErnst BaconWalt Whitman