America the Beautiful (Ward, Samuel Augustus)

Composition Year 1882
Genre Categories Secular hymns; Hymns; For mixed chorus; Scores featuring mixed chorus; For unaccompanied chorus; English language; For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For mixed chorus (arr); Scores featuring mixed chorus (arr); For unaccompanied chorus (arr); For male chorus (arr); Scores featuring male chorus (arr); For female chorus (arr); Scores featuring female chorus (arr); For strings (arr); Scores featuring string ensemble (arr); For 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass (arr); For 5 players (arr); Scores featuring the violin (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); Scores featuring the double bass (arr); For 4 recorders (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For 4 players (arr)

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Performances

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For Orchestra (Choe)

 Synthesized Performance
#860659 - 6.99MB - 4:05 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 33×⇩ - MP3 - TradViolin

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TradViolin (2023/6/21)

Publisher Info. Joshua Choe, 2023.
Performers Finale v27
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For Mixed Chorus and Strings (Gardner)

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#542880 - 3.14MB - 2:17 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 75×⇩ - MP3 - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/9/25)

Publisher Info. Herbert S. Gardner
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For Children's Chorus and Strings (Gardner)

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#526958 - 2.59MB - 2:16 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 61×⇩ - MP3 - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/6/7)

Publisher Info. Herbert S. Gardner
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For Children's Chorus and Piano (Gardner)

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#526593 - 2.57MB - 2:15 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 105×⇩ - MP3 - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/9/25)

Publisher Info. Herbert S. Gardner
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For Strings (Gardner)

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#779259 - 3.24MB - 2:21 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 61×⇩ - MP3 - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2022/5/2)

Publisher Info. Herbert S. Gardner
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For 4 Recorders (Kemp)

 Synthesized Performance
#762249 - 2.41MB - 2:51 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 38×⇩ - MP3 - Dadvid

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Dadvid (2022/2/4)

Publisher Info. David Kemp, 2022.
Performers Synthesized MIDI
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Misc. Notes Arranged for Recorders - 1 Soprano 1 Alto 1 Tenor 1 Bass
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Sheet Music

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Orchestra (Choe)

 Complete Score and Parts
#860658 - 8.90MB, 35 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 728×⇩ - TradViolin

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TradViolin (2023/6/21)

Arranger Joshua Choe
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For Mixed Chorus (SATB) and Strings (Gardner)

 Complete Score
#542873 - 0.15MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 1003×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/9/25)

⇒ 6 more: Choral Score • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Choral Score
#542874 - 0.09MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 210×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/9/25)

 Violins I
#542875 - 0.07MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 174×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/9/25)

 Violins II
#542876 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 88×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/9/25)

 Violas
#542877 - 0.07MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 100×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/9/25)

 Cellos
#542878 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 101×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/9/25)

 Basses
#542879 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 85×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/9/25)

Arranger Herbert Straus Gardner
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Misc. Notes For SATB chorus and strings
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For Male Chorus (Salamon)

 Complete Score
#20854 - 0.20MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 4393×⇩ - Sean Salamon

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Sean Salamon (2008/8/14)

Arranger Sean Michael Salamon
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Misc. Notes TTBB a capella. high quality score
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For Female Chorus (Gardner)

 Complete Score
#526587 - 0.88MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 677×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/6/4)

Arranger Herbert Straus Gardner
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Misc. Notes For a middle school chorus of soprano, mezzo-soprano and alto or cambiata (boy's changing voice)
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For Strings (Gardner)

 Complete Score
#780021 - 0.17MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 398×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2022/5/6)

⇒ 5 more: Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos • Basses

 Violins I
#780015 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 140×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2022/5/6)

 Violins II
#780016 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 99×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2022/5/6)

 Violas
#780017 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 99×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2022/5/6)

 Cellos
#780018 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 104×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2022/5/6)

 Basses
#780019 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 85×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2022/5/6)

Arranger Herbert Straus Gardner
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Misc. Notes For advanced school string orchestra
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For 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Double Bass (Gardner)

 Complete Score
#526906 - 0.17MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 780×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/6/7)

⇒ 5 more: Violin 1 • Violin 2 • Viola • Cello • Double Bass

 Violin 1
#526907 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 240×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/6/7)

 Violin 2
#526908 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 148×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/6/7)

 Viola
#526909 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 154×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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 Cello
#526910 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 161×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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 Double Bass
#526911 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 119×⇩ - Herbieg33408

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Herbieg33408 (2018/6/7)

Arranger Herbert Straus Gardner
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Misc. Notes for middle school chorus and string orchestra
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For 4 Recorders (Kemp)

 Complete Score
#762248 - 0.33MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 215×⇩ - Dadvid

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Dadvid (2022/2/4)

Arranger David Edward Kemp (b. 1948)
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Misc. Notes Arranged for Recorders - 1 Soprano 1 Alto 1 Tenor 1 Bass
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General Information

Work Title America the Beautiful
Alternative. Title Materna
Composer Ward, Samuel Augustus
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. ISW 1
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1882
First Publication. 1882
Librettist Katherine Lee Bates (1859–1929)
Language English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation mixed chorus (SATB)
External Links Wikipedia article
Extra Information Patriotic hymn of the United States of America. The music for this piece was composed in 1882 as a hymn called "Materna." The words to the song were written by Bates in 1895 as a poem. They were adapted for this song in 1910.
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