Hymns of Our Faith: A Handbook for the Baptist Hymnal. 171.ģ “America the Beautiful,” Hymn .Ĥ Reynolds, William Jensen. Dictionary Handbook to Hymns for the Living Church. ![]() You may freely use this content if you cite the source and/or link back to this page.Ģ Hustad, Donald P. We welcome your ideas! If you have suggestions on how to improve this page, please contact us. See our Hymn of the Week page for a list of the hymns that are included on this site. O Beautiful For Spacious Skies, For Amber Waves Of Grain, For Purple Mountain Majesties Above The Fruited Plain America America God Shed His Grace On Thee, And Crown Thy Good With Brotherhood From Sea To Shining Sea O Beautiful For Pilgrim Feet, Whose Stern, Impassioned Stress A Thoroughfare For Freedom Beat Across The Wilderness America. 6Īdditional Resources for “America the Beautiful (O Beautiful for Spacious Skies)”: His Truth Is Marching On He Has Sounded Forth The Trumpet, That Shall Never Sound Retreat. This marriage of words and text became immensely popular, and “America the Beautiful” is often referred to as the unofficial national anthem of our country. He Has Loosed The Fateful Lightning, Of His Terrible Swift Sword, His Truth Is Marching On. 5 Thirty years later, after Samuel had passed away, the president of Massachusetts Agricultural College requested permission from Samuel’s widow to set the tune to Catharine Bates’ text. Samuel originally composed his tune “Materna” for a hymn titled “O Mother Dear, Jerusalem” – thus its name which means “motherly.” He is said to have composed the tune in 1882 while crossing New York harbor after a trip to Coney Island. He was much loved by the congregation, and after his death, the church erected a brass plaque in his memory. When Samuel eventually returned to Newark, “he established a successful retail music store and was active in the musical life of the city.” 4 In 1880, he became the organist for Grace Episcopal Church and held this position for many years. As he grew, his natural ability in music became increasing evident, and he was sent to receive training from renowned teachers in New York City. Samuel was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1847. O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain America America God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with. Music “Materna” (1882) by Samuel Augustus Ward (1847-1903) America the Beautiful lyrics: O beautiful, for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties. For the centennial celebration of the song, a plaque was erected at the summit of Pikes Peak to honor “the country’s favorite anthem.” 3 Overwhelmed by the majestic view, the verses of “America the Beautiful” came to her as she looked out over the “sea-like expanse of fertile country spreading away so far under the ample skies.” 2 The poem was published two years later in the 1895 Fourth of July edition of the church periodical The Congregationalist. On a trip to Colorado in 1893, she had the opportunity to hike to the top of Pike’s Peak. Katharine also enjoyed travel and adventure. To supplement her income, Catharine wrote prolifically - children’s stories, poetry, textbooks, and travel books. Her mother later moved the family to Wellesley (a town to the west of Boston) where Catharine “graduated in 1880 from then-new Wellesley College, thanks to help from her two older brothers.” 1Īfter teaching high school for six years, Katharine joined the faculty at Wellesley College and eventually became head of the English department. O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain. Her father, a pastor, died from a back injury when she was only one month old. ![]() Oh Beautiful for spacious skies for ambe Oh, beautiful, for Spanish skies. In 2021, the annual PBS Fourth of July concert special, A Capitol Fourth, featured performers Mickey Guyton, Jimmie Allen, and Jennifer Nettles, in addition to Alan Jackson, who performed his 2002 song “Drive,” a tribute to his late father Eugene Jackson and “America the Beautiful.Katharine was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts in 1859. America The Beautiful by National Anthems Misheard Song and Music Lyrics. Here are eight live versions of the patriotic classic interpreted by artists across several genres performed on the Fourth of July and other days of patriotism and celebration.Īlan Jackson, PBS Special ‘A Capitol Fourth’ (2021) Ward, who died in 1903, years before “America the Beautiful” reached the pinnacle of its fame as a national anthem, was also inspired by a trip on the Staten Island Ferry back to New York City and worked off the Hebrew hymn “O Mother Dear, Jerusalem.” Eventually, his music was combined with Bates’ poem, and the song was published in 1910 and re-titled “America the Beautiful.”
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