About
Most of the texts from this cycle come from Whitman’s prose work Specimen Days (1882) and are written in the style of a diary entry.
Photo: Antietam, Maryland, Confederate dead by a fence on the Hagerstown road, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Digital ID: cwpb 01097
Songs
A Night Battle
Ned Rorem
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: War Scenes
A Specimen Case
Ned Rorem
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: War Scenes
An Incident
Ned Rorem
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: War Scenes
Inauguration Ball
Ned Rorem
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: War Scenes
The Real War Will Never Get in the Books
Ned Rorem
Walt Whitman
Song Collection: War Scenes
Sheet Music
War Scenes
Composer(s): Ned Rorem
Song(s): 1. A Night Battle
2. A Specimen Case
3. An Incident
4. Inauguration Ball
5. The Real War Will Never Get in the Books
Voice Type: Medium
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