Table of Contents

Introduction. Lawrence Kramer 'Red War is My Song': Whitman, Higginson and Civil War Music. John Picker 'No Armpits, Please: We're British': Whitman and English Music, 1884-1936. Byron Adams Eros, Expressionism and Exile: Whitman in German Music. Walter and Werner Grunzweig Reclaiming Walt: Marc Blitzstein's Whitman Settings. David Metzer A Visionary Backward Glance: Divided Experience in Paul Hindemith's 'When Lilacs Last in the Doorway Bloom'd'. Kathy Rugoff Like Falling Leaves: The Erotics of Mourning in Four Drum-Taps Settings. Lawrence Kramer

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Lawrence Kramer

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