America the Beautiful
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https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/96af46d0-e466-0135-4ad8-0050569601ca-9Descriptive Information
Title | America the Beautiful |
Composer | Hewins, Parke W. (Woodbury) |
Lyricist | Bates, Katharine Lee |
Publisher | Parke W. Hewins |
Place of Publication | Wellesley Hills (Mass.) |
Year of Publication | 1917 |
Date of Copyright | 1917-02-20 |
Physical Description | 1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2-3, [1] p.) |
Comment | This is the only music that Hewins ever published and is clearly an amateur production. No recordings, piano rolls, or performances have been discovered, and it seems to have left no mark, even in the Boston area. |
Historical Note | This is the first of two editions, and probably served as a kind of proof copy; handwritten corrections on p. 3 have been changed on the plate for the second edition. |
Musical Note | This very straightforward unison hymn is presented without a vocal line, with the words inserted within a grand staff. |
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. |
Cover Description | Photographic inset of George Washington, possibly from a miniature by Robert Field. Black and blue on white; unsigned. |
Back Cover Description | Blank. |
Interior Description | Plate number: p. 3, BL: America 2 |
Performance Medium | Voice and piano. |
Original Location | Box 163 |
Local Identifier | nda163_049 |
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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