DRAM: Battle Pieces

Battle Pieces

Label: Albany Records

Catalog Number: TR606

Running Time: 1:06:11

Composition Date: 1845 — 1998

Composers: Stephen Foster; Warren M. Swenson; William Brady; A.J.R. Connor; Will Marion Cook; Traditional; James A. Bland; George F. Root; Henry Russell

Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano

Tags: vocal

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Battle Pieces		31:00	Warren M. Swenson
A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Performers: William Bolcom, piano; George Shirley, tenor Composition Date: 1998
	Battle Pieces: I. The Portent	:44	Warren M. Swenson
	A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1998
	Battle Pieces: II. Misgivings	2:58	Warren M. Swenson
	A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1998
	Battle Pieces: III. The March into Virginia	1:24	Warren M. Swenson
	A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1998
	Battle Pieces: IV. Ball's bluff, A Reverie	2:17	Warren M. Swenson
	A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1998
	Battle Pieces: V. Dupont's Round Fight	1:17	Warren M. Swenson
	A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1998
	Battle Pieces: VI. Shiloh, A Requiem	2:15	Warren M. Swenson
	A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1998
	Battle Pieces: VII. The House-Top, A Night Piece	2:42	Warren M. Swenson
	A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1998
	Battle Pieces: VIII. Look-Out Mountain	1:53	Warren M. Swenson
	A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1998
	Battle Pieces: IX. The Swamp Angel	6:00	Warren M. Swenson
	A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1998
	Battle Pieces: X. The March to the Sea	6:15	Warren M. Swenson
	A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1998
	Battle Pieces: XI. A Canticle	:52	Warren M. Swenson
	A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1998
	Battle Pieces: XII. The Martyr	2:19	Warren M. Swenson
	A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1998
Oh, Dem Golden Slippers		2:37	James A. Bland
Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1879
Battle Cry of Freedom		2:11	George F. Root
Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1862
Gentle Annie		2:44	Stephen Foster
Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1856
My Old Kentucky Home		3:53	Stephen Foster
Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1853
Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair		2:43	Stephen Foster
Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1854
Michieu Banjo		1:25	Traditional
Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano
Chere, Mo Lemmé Toi		2:03	Traditional
Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano
The Wildflower Wreath		3:01	A.J.R. Connor
Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano
Liela, Liela Cease Thy Lay		2:47	William Brady
Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1845
The Maniac		8:21	Henry Russell
Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano
Swing Along		3:22	Will Marion Cook
Performers: George Shirley, tenor; William Bolcom, piano Composition Date: 1902