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Audio Recording Readings from the Columbia book of Civil War poetry

Readings from the Columbia book of Civil War poetry
Part 1

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Title

  • Readings from the Columbia book of Civil War poetry

Names

  • Marius, Richard.
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund.
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1994.

Contents

  • Musical interlude -- Ball's bluff / Herman Melville (Richard Marius) -- A march in the ranks hard-prest / Walt Whitman (Pat Gray) -- From Trollope's journal / Elizabeth Bishop (Prosser Gifford) -- Around the campfire / Andrew Hudgins (Fred Kiley) -- Musical interlude -- Come up from the fields, father / Walt Whitman (Faith Stern) -- Gettysburg / Jane Kenyon (Fred Kiley) -- Frederick Douglas / Langston Hughes (Lorree Slye) -- Douglas / Paul Laurence Dunbar (Fred Kiley) -- When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (selections) / Walt Witman (Richard Marius) -- Lincoln Monument, Washington / Langston Hughes (Lorree Slye) -- Spirit whose work is done / Walt Whitman -- Musical interlude -- Driving home the cows / Kate Putnam Osgood (Faith Stern) -- Marching still / Minna Irving (Pat Gray) -- The black cottage / Robert Frost (Prosser Gifford) -- History among the rocks / Robert Penn Warren (Richard Marius).

Headings

  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Poetry
  • -  War poetry, American

Notes

  • -  All music used during the program is taken from the recording, Civil War music, produced by Time/Life Music and used by permission.
  • -  Recorded Nov. 10, 1994, in the Mumford Room at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
  • -  Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.

Medium

  • 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in. + program information ([2] p.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • RWC 3681

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 94838948

Online Format

  • audio

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Rights & Access

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Chicago citation style:

Marius, Richard, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. Readings from the Columbia book of Civil War poetry. 1994. Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/94838948/.

APA citation style:

Marius, R., Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1994) Readings from the Columbia book of Civil War poetry. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/94838948/.

MLA citation style:

Marius, Richard, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. Readings from the Columbia book of Civil War poetry. 1994. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/94838948/>.