He is There!
Song Title | He is There! (Search) |
Composer(s): | Charles Ives |
Author(s): | Charles Ives |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Age; Allies; Bands; Battle Cries; Battle Song; Beating; Boys; Bravery; Camaraderie; Camps; Composer is Poet; Comrades; Consciousness; Countries; Decorations; Drafts; Duty; Faith; Families; Fathers; Fifteen; Fighting; Finishing; Flags; Flanders Fields; Forty-eight; Freedom; German; Grandfathers; Great War; Heroes; History; Legacies; Liberty; Marching; Medieval; Mighty; Names; Obligation; Oceans; Parades; Past; Playing; Rallying; Recounting; Sailing; Shouting; Soldiers; Sounds; Stories; Strength; Tales; Tents; Tradition; Trust; Tunes; Uncle Sam; Villages; Warfare; Warlords; Wars; World; World War I; Yankees; Years |
First Line | Fifteen years ago today (Search) |
Average Duration | 3:45 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1917 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8755 |
Larger Work | Three Songs of the War (Search) |
Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/0Z7gAUIpkVLOACiCzZS4ac |
Catalog Designation | Three Songs of the War, no. 2; S. 262 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Medium/High voice |
Range: | D4 - G5 (Search) |
Original Key | Bb Major (Search) |
Notes | Author listed as Ives in Crawford and Wierzbicki, Music in the United States of America, vol. 12, Middleton, WI: A-R Editions, American Musicological Society, 2004, p. 247; online sources list John McCrae (Search) |
Contributor | AL (Search) |