Anthony Plog
Songs of War and Loss

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for baritone voice and brass quintet

Text/Lyrics: Walt Whitman
Level: intermediate / advanced
Duration: 23'
Genre: contemporary
Composed: 2010

Reference: V78
CHF52.00
Score and parts

Details

Instrumentation:
baritone voice, 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
Publisher: Editions Bim
Movements:
- 1. Beat! Beat! Drums! (4’) - (4')
- 2. An Army Corps on the March (3’) - (3')
- 3. How Solemn as One by One (3’30’) - (3'30)
- 4. Cavalry Crossing a Ford (3’) - (3')
- 5. By the Bivouac’s Fitful Flame (4’) - (4')
- 6. Reconciliation (4’) - (4')
- 7. A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Iray and Dim (4’30) (4'30)

Composer

Anthony Plog (*1947)

Anthony Plog was born on November 13th, 1947 in Glendale, California. He received his music degree from UCLA (University of California Los Angeles). Trumpet studies were first with his father Clift... Read more

About Songs of War and Loss

Great emotional and dynamic range

According to the composer, the substantial work uses the poetry of Walt Whitman (1819-1892) as its text deals with the subject of war, the human toll exacted by war, and the more than occasional spark of humanity observed during war. Although these poems concern themselves specifically with the Civil War (1861-1865) the themes are universal and timeless. The brass quintet, combined with baritone voice, is capable of great emotional and dynamic range and thus is a perfect setting to convey the brutality, sadness, suffering, and hope encountered in war.

Anthony Plog Songs of War and Loss