A clear midnight
| Song Title | A clear midnight (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Lee Hoiby |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Walt Whitman |
| Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Soul; Art; Books; Clear; Day; Death; Emerging; Erasing; Flying; Freedom; Gazing; Hours; Lessons; Midnight; Night; Nothingness; Personification: Soul; Pondering; Silence; Sleep; Souls; Space; Stars; Stillness |
| First Line | This is thy hour, o soul (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1988 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://whitmanarchive.org/published/LG/1891/poems/287 |
| Larger Work | I was there (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/7ilZKZy96dFyRUPJvzSwov?si=N7I3efunRu6mOZjQ8H-DsA |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 49, no. 3 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Baritone |
| Dedicated To | Michael Carson (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) |