Drum Taps
Walt Whitman(1819–1892) was a great American poet, journalist, and essayist. His workLeaves of Grass, which included a few scattered poems fromDrum-Taps, is considered a landmark of American literature. Lawrence Krameris a pioneering American musicologist and composer and a professor at  Fordham University. He has been the editor of the journal19th-Century Musicsince 1993 and written more than ten books on music, most recentlyExpression and Truth: On the Music of Knowledge. He lives in New York City.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.