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Four Whitman Songs : for baritone and piano / René Samson; words by Walter Whitman

Publisher's number: 21812
Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano
Scoring: bar pf
Remarks: The present song cycle is written for the occasion of the 50th birthday of my dear friend Ken Gould. It was commissioned by Ken’s partner - and my long-time friend - Theo Kemperman, who selected the Whitman poems. The premiere was on Ken’s birthday, March 28 2012, by Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone) and Shuann Chai (piano) in the Bethaniënklooster, Amsterdam.
Duration: 12'30"
Number of players: 2
Year of composition: 2012
Status: fully digitized (real-time delivery)

Other authors:
Whitman, Walt (Text writer/Librettist)
Samson, René (Composer)
Contains:
Gods (c. 3'45")
Thoughts (c. 2'45")
Germs (c. 3'30")
O me! O life! (c. 2'30")

Sheet Music
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