Walt Whitman and Modern Music
Subtitle: War, Desire, and the Trials of Nationhood (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: April 20, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780815331544
Subjects: Western music: periods & styles; Works by individual poets: 19th century; United States; Music; Whitman, Walt,; Vocal Music; Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Music/Songbooks; English; USA; Music and literature; Instruction & Study - Voice; Music / General; Whitman, Walt; History; 1819-1892; 20th century; History and criticism; Modernism (Music); Musical settings; Nationalism in music
First sentence: Although both Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Walt Whitman produced invaluable records of their experiences during the Civil War, their relationship was marked by fierce animosity.