America the Beautiful
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Descriptive Information
Title | America the Beautiful |
Composer | |
Lyricist | Bates, Katharine Lee |
Publisher | Oliver Ditson Co. |
Place of Publication | Boston (Mass.) |
Year of Publication | 1917 |
Date of Copyright | No copyright registered |
Physical Description | 1 score, mixed voices ([1-2], 1-4, [2] p.) |
Comment | This imprint brings together four one-page settings of the same poem. The composers all formed part of the Wellesley, Massachusetts religious and cultural community in which Katharine Lee Bates was a leading figure. The compilation was not registered for copyright but must postdate February 1917, when Fisher’s setting was composed. It was evidently intended for schools, but it was neither widely promoted nor noted, and it seems to have been eclipsed by the independent publication of Fisher’s setting and of patriotic anthologies. |
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Musical Note | The Fisher and Randolph settings are hymns that conform closely to the rhythm and phrase structure of Materna, the pre-existing hymn tune by Samuel A. Ward that eventually emerged as the standard setting for Bates's text. The Hamilton and Sleeper settings are also hymns, but somewhat less conventional. |
Dedication | Dedication |
Subject - Topic | |
Subject - Geographic | United States |
Lyrics |
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Musical Genre | Hymn |
Repository | Newberry Library |
Rights | NoC-US |
Rights Description | The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. |
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Back Cover Description | Text and list of titles: Music for Schools |
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Performance Medium | Mixed voices. |
Original Location | Box 163 |
Local Identifier | nda163_095 |
Collection Title | James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music |
Collection | World War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music |
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