I was there
| Song Title | I was there (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Lee Hoiby |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Walt Whitman |
| Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Accidents; Autobiographical; Boating; Bravery; Captains; Courage; Danger; Day; Death; Encouragement; Graves; Hearts; Heroes; Inches; Infants; Men; Personification: Death; Saving; Shipwrecks; Steamboats; Storms; Suffering; Survivors; Swallowing; Tenacity; Understanding; Wrecks |
| First Line | I understand the large hearts of heroes (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1988 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1856/poems/1 |
| Larger Work | I was there (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/7FNuRTbECRyc6MktjJGUn6?si=_DEueGcISca-LKSlZhNTMw |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 49, no. 2 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Baritone |
| Dedicated To | Eric Karpeles (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | G. Schirmer/Hal Leonard, 1993. https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/I-Was-There-Baritone-and-Piano-312188.html (Search) |
| Contributor | SHK (Search) |