The Wound-Dresser
The Wound-Dresser is a nineteen-minute-long piece by U.S. composer John Adams for chamber orchestra and baritone singer. The piece is an elegiac setting of excerpts from American poet Walt Whitman's poem "The Wound-Dresser" (1865) about his experience as a hospital volunteer during the American Civil War. [citation needed]
It was written for baritone singer Sanford Sylvan, who premiered it on 24 February 1989 in St Paul, Minnesota, with the St Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by the composer.[1] It was subsequently recorded by the same forces for Nonesuch Records.[citation needed] Interpreters who have performed and recorded it since have included Thomas Hampson, Nathan Gunn and Jeremy Huw Williams.[citation needed]
In 2011, the Oregon Symphony performed and recorded the composition for Music for a Time of War.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/catalogue/cat_detail.asp?musicid=3386
- ^ "Music for a Time of War". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
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- The John Adams Earbox, Nonesuch Records, NY 1999