Beginning my studies

Song TitleBeginning my studies (Search)
Composer(s):Lee Hoiby
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Walt Whitman
Author Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Animals; Autobiographical; Awe; Beginning; Consciousness; Ecstatic; Education; Insects; Learning; Loitering; Love; Motion; Pleasing; Power; Senses; Sight; Simple Joys; Singing; Songs; Stopping; Studies; Transcendence; Wonder
First LineBeginning my studies (Search)
Average Duration2:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1988 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1867/poems/166
Larger WorkI was there (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/5VvPhfECPsXd3ddNJX4GAw?si=tWM2fxWJRROai74jwwfKlg
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 49, no. 1 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerBaritone
Dedicated ToHans Leder (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceG. Schirmer/Hal Leonard, 1993. https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/I-Was-There-Baritone-and-Piano-312188.html (Search)
ContributorSHK (Search)
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