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University Players- Selections from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass

SKU: 093070975026
¥140.00
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This spoken word recording is composed of 10 poems selected from Walt Whitman's collection Leaves of Grass. Whitman's work was first published in 1855 and consisted of just 12 poems; he continued to add to Leaves of Grass for the next 36 years, completing the final edition of 400 poems in 1891. Poems selected for this recording include "Pioneers! O Pioneers!," "O Captain! My Captain!," and "I Hear America Singing." the poems are read by the University Players, whose university and members are unidentified. The liner notes include the text of the 10 poems.

Tracklist:

  1. For You O Democracy - "Calamus"
  2. I Hear America Singing - "Inscriptions"
  3. Pioneers! O Pioneers! - "Birds Of Passage"
  4. Song Of The Open Road - "Calamus"
  5. This Dust Was Once The Man - "Memories Of President Lincoln"
  6. Hush'd Be The Camps Today
  7. O Captain, My Captain
  8. A Boston Ballad 1854 - "By The Roadside"
  9. Out Of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking - "Sea-Drift"
  10. Crossing Brooklyn Ferry - "Calamus"
Format: New CD/Poetry

University Players- Selections from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass

SKU: 093070975026
¥140.00

Release Date: 05.30.2012

 
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This spoken word recording is composed of 10 poems selected from Walt Whitman's collection Leaves of Grass. Whitman's work was first published in 1855 and consisted of just 12 poems; he continued to add to Leaves of Grass for the next 36 years, completing the final edition of 400 poems in 1891. Poems selected for this recording include "Pioneers! O Pioneers!," "O Captain! My Captain!," and "I Hear America Singing." the poems are read by the University Players, whose university and members are unidentified. The liner notes include the text of the 10 poems.

Tracklist:

  1. For You O Democracy - "Calamus"
  2. I Hear America Singing - "Inscriptions"
  3. Pioneers! O Pioneers! - "Birds Of Passage"
  4. Song Of The Open Road - "Calamus"
  5. This Dust Was Once The Man - "Memories Of President Lincoln"
  6. Hush'd Be The Camps Today
  7. O Captain, My Captain
  8. A Boston Ballad 1854 - "By The Roadside"
  9. Out Of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking - "Sea-Drift"
  10. Crossing Brooklyn Ferry - "Calamus"