Dirge for Two Veterans
Dirge for Two Veterans.
1. Setting of text from Whitman's Drum Taps (1865) by Holst for male vv., brass, and perc. Comp. 1914.
2. Setting of same text for ch. and orch. by Vaughan Williams, comp. 1911 and incorporated into his cantata Dona nobis pacem (1936) as 4th movt.
1. Setting of text from Whitman's Drum Taps (1865) by Holst for male vv., brass, and perc. Comp. 1914.
2. Setting of same text for ch. and orch. by Vaughan Williams, comp. 1911 and incorporated into his cantata Dona nobis pacem (1936) as 4th movt.
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