Journal of Singing, May 1st, 2008
THOMAS, RICHARD PEARSON (b. 1957). DRUM-TAPS. A Song Cycle of Poems by Walt Whitman. Baritone and Piano. Portage Press Publishing, 1990 (CVR, 2004). Tonal; B[musical flat ]^sub 2^-G^sub 4^; Tess: M, mH, CR; changing meters, varied tempos; V/mD-D, P/mD-D; 51 pages. Baritone.
In 1990 Richard Pearson Thomas composed-or at least copyrighted-a song cycle on five lengthy Civil War poems of Walt Whitman. It received its first printing in 2004 under the title Drum-Taps. The five poems are taken from Whitman's book of poems of the same title and appear to be arranged in a cyclic order that outlines bo...
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