University Players, the: Selections from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
University Players, the: Selections from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
Format: CD
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Artist: University Players, the
Label: Folkways Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 093070975026
Genre: Poetry
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.
Tracks:
1.1 For You O Democracy - "Calamus"
1.2 I Hear America Singing - "Inscriptions"
1.3 Pioneers! O Pioneers! - "Birds of Passage"
1.4 Song of the Open Road - "Calamus"
1.5 This Dust Was Once the Man - "Memories of President Lincoln"
1.6 Hush'd Be the Camps Today
1.7 O Captain, My Captain
1.8 A Boston Ballad - 1854 - "By the Roadside"
1.9 Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking - "Sea-Drift"
1.10 Crossing Brooklyn Ferry - "Calamus"
