Composition Year | 1882 |
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Genre Categories | Secular hymns; Hymns; For mixed chorus; |
Contents |
Work Title | America the Beautiful |
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Alternative. Title | Materna |
Composer | Ward, Samuel Augustus |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. 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. |