Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry is a poem by Walt Whitman, and is part of his collection Leaves of Grass. It describes the ferry trip across the East River from Manhattan to Brooklyn.
A portion of the poem is used as an inscription at the Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn Heights, where the ferry landed.
Whitman's poem was set to music in 2006 by the British composer Graham Ross (b. 1985), in a 25-minute concert work for mezzo-soprano, harp and double string orchestra. The first performance was given by The Dmitri Ensemble in the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge, with mezzo-soprano Kate Symonds-Joy and harpist Catherine Porter, conducted by the composer.
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