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| Composer : | Ward, Samuel Augustus (1847 - 1903) | ||||
| Instrumentation : | Soprano recorder and Piano | ||||
| Style : | Celebratory | ||||
| Arranger : | Lewis, Alastair (1974 - ) | ||||
| Publisher : | Lewis, Alastair | ||||
| Copyright : | Copyright © 2014 Alastair Lewis | ||||
| Added by alastair-lewis, 20 Mar 2014 The patriotic American song "America the Beautiful" has lyrics written by Katharine Lee Bates, and music composed by the church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward. Bates' poem was first published in 1895 under the title "Pikes Peak". She had written the poem whilst traveling by train after she had held in wonder the wheat fields of Kansas, and the majestic view of the Great Plains from Zebulon's Pikes Peak. Samuel A. Ward had conceived the tune on a ferryboat trip from Coney Island back to his home in New York City in 1882. He was so anxious to notate the music that he asked a fellow passenger for his shirt cuff to write on. The music and lyrics were only first combined to complete the song in 1903, and as Ward had died in 1903 he did not bear witness to his creation's success. Bates however was more fortunate as the popularity of the song was well established by the time of her passing in 1929. This is a free sheet music for soprano (descant) recorder and piano duet. Sheet central : | America the Beautiful (14 sheet music) | | |||
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