For voice and piano.
Texts by Walt Whitman.
Song List
Performance Information
Recordings
1) Beat! Beat! Drums!
2) O Captain! My Captain!
3) Come Up from the Fields, Father
4) Dirge for Two Veterans
Duration: 18 minutes
Published Editions: Versions for high and low voice, European American Music, EA853
Original keys, European American Music, EA 584
First known performance: 1947, Concert Hall Society recording, William Horne, tenor, Adam Garner, piano
Guide to orchestration, territory abbreviations, and publishers' symbols.
| Concert Hall Society LP Series B, album 7 | William Horne, tenor, Adam Garner, piano |
| Arabesque CD Z6579 |
Steven Kimbrough, baritone, Dalton Baldwin, piano |
| Warner Classics CD 0190295661564 |
Ian Bostridge, tenor, Antonio Pappano, 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, vocals, 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") |
| Sony Classical CD 88697944242 |
Simon Keenlyside, baritone, Malcolm Martineau, piano (includes "Beat! Beat! Drums!" and "Dirge for Two Veterans") |
| Deutsche Grammophon CD 479 2472 |
Anna Prohaska, soprano, Eric Schnieder, piano (includes "Beat! Beat! Drums!," "Dirge for Two Veterans") |
Also see Walt Whitman Songs, version for voice and orchestra.