He is There!

Song TitleHe 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 LineFifteen years ago today (Search)
Average Duration3:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1917 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8755
Larger WorkThree Songs of the War (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/0Z7gAUIpkVLOACiCzZS4ac
Catalog DesignationThree Songs of the War, no. 2; S. 262 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium/High voice
Range: D4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyBb Major (Search)
NotesAuthor 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)
ContributorAL (Search)
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