America the Beautiful (Ward, Samuel Augustus)

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Work Title America the Beautiful
Alternative Title Materna
Composer Ward, Samuel Augustus
Year/Date of Composition 1882
Year of First Publication 1882
Librettist Katherine Lee Bates
Language English
Genre Hymn
Piece Style Early 20th century
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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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