Walt Whitman - Leaves of grass - Song of Myself : a new instrumental and vocal setting

Work under copyright Pierre Mercoeur (music and electronic processing): Sacem France and all countries 2021

A fifty-minute-long song-circle for baritone, guitar, flute, piano and electronics :

1 - "Voices" from Song of Myself : " I speak the pass-word primival"

2 - Song of myself - poem 32 : "I think I could turn and live with animals" - 8'13''

3 - I celebrate myself (from Song of Myself) - 12'42''

4 - Sleepers : (from Leave of Grass) for electronics and reciter - 15'32''

5 - Sleepers (II) : instrumental and sung - 19'25''

6 - Sing, ô singer ! - 25'51''

7- Beat drum, beat ! - 28'12''

8 - Twilight Song (from Leaves of grass) - 30'30''

9 - The body electric (from Leaves of grass) - 36'47''

10 - Continuities (from Leaves of grass) - 39'36''

11 - Goodbye my Fancy (from Leaves of grass) - 42'56''

12 - Epilogue - 45'56''

Publisher : Pierre Mercoeur

Score file on demand : pmercoeur@orange.fr

Piano : Mike Lee, Jean Desailly

Flute : Michelle Lorry, Michelle Drac, Michael Win

Voice and reciter : James Gallaway, James Howard, David Lamar, Daniel Damé, Peter Gall

Guitar and electronics : Pierre Mercoeur composer

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