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Samuel Augustus Ward (December 28, 1848 – September 28, 1903) was an American organist and composer. Born in Newark, New Jersey , the son of a shoemaker, [1] he studied under several teachers in New York and became an organist at Grace Episcopal Church in his home town in 1880.
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In 1893, at the age of 33, Bates, an English professor at Wellesley College, had taken a train trip to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to teach at Colorado College. Several of the sights on her trip inspired her, and they found their way into her poem, including the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the "White City" with its promise of the futur...
Elvis Presleyperformed it many times in concerts starting in 1976. Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs(1961). Frank Sinatra recorded the song with Nelson Riddle during the sessions for The Concert Sinatra in February 1963, for a projected 45 single release. The 45 was not commercially issued however, but the song w...
"From sea to shining sea", originally used in the charters of some of the English colonies in North America, is an American idiom meaning "from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean" (or vice versa). Other songs that have used this phrase include the American patriotic song "God Bless the U.S.A." and Schoolhouse Rock's "Elbow Room". The phrase an...
Lynn Sherr's 2001 book America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation's Favorite Song discusses the origins of the song and the backgrounds of its authors in depth. The book points out that the poem has the same meter as that of "Auld Lang Syne"; the songs can be sung interchangeably. Additionally, Sherr discusses the evolution of...
America the Beautiful Park Archived October 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machinein Colorado Springs named for Katharine Lee Bates' words.Composer and organist. Samuel A. Ward. Inductee. 1847- 1903 Born/Died. 1970 Inducted. Wrote melody for "America the Beautiful" The composer of “America the Beautiful”, Samuel Augustus Ward, was born in 1848. “America the Beautiful” first appeared in print in the weekly journal The Congregationalist, a on July 4, 1895.
Learn about the life and music of Samuel A. Ward, the composer of 'Materna' and 'America the Beautiful'. Find out how he became an organist, a music store owner, and a prolific songwriter.
Samuel Augustus Ward (December 28, 1848 – September 28, 1903) was an American organist and composer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of a shoemaker, he studied under several teachers in New York and became an organist at Grace Episcopal Church in his home town in 1880.
Samuel Augustus Ward (* 28. Dezember 1847 in Newark, New Jersey; † 28. September 1903 ebenda) war ein amerikanischer Organist und Komponist.
