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Battle Pieces — Warren M. Swenson [Album]

James Schmincke January 16, 2016Uncategorized

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Battle Pieces (A Song Cycle to the Civil War Poetry of Herman Melville), for voice & piano
1
The Portent
George Shirley
0:44
2
Misgivings
George Shirley
2:58
3
The March into Virginia
George Shirley
1:24
4
Ball’s Bluff, A Reverie
George Shirley
2:17
5
Dupont’s Round Fight
George Shirley
1:17
6
Shiloh, A Requiem
George Shirley
2:15
7
The House-Top, A Night Peace
George Shirley
2:42
8
Look-Out Mountain
George Shirley
1:53
9
The Swamp Angel
George Shirley
6:00
10
The March to the sea
George Shirley
6:15
11
A Canticle
George Shirley
0:52
12
The Martyr
George Shirley
2:19
13
Oh, Dem Golden Slippers, song
George Shirley
2:37
14
The Battle Cry of Freedom, for voice, chorus & keyboard
George Shirley
2:11
15
Gentle Annie, song for voice & piano or guitar
George Shirley
2:44
16
My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano
George Shirley
3:53
17
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, for voice & piano
George Shirley
2:43
18
Michieu Banjo (Mr. Banjo), Creole folk song
George Shirley
1:25
19
Chere, Mo Lemmé Toi (Dear, I Love You So), Creole folk song
George Shirley
2:03
20
The Wildflower Wreath
George Shirley
3:01
21
Liela, Liela Cease Thy Lay
George Shirley
2:47
22
The Maniac, for voice & piano
George Shirley
8:21
23
Swing Along
George Shirley
3:22

LISTEN/PURCHASE
Battle Pieces (2003)
Music by Warren Benson
Sung by George Shirley

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