O Captain! My Captain! (SSAA)

This is a setting of Walt Whitman’s poem O Captain! My Captain! The first line of this poem was made famous by Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society (1989).  I heard the poem in its entirety in May at my school’s public speaking competition, and was immediately caught by the musicality and phrasing of the words.  My setting is for a cappella women’s choir, and also uses a tom (this can be substituted using a djembe or another low drum.)

PDF: O Captain! My Captain! SSAA

Midi: Oh Captain! midi file