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A hymn tune composed in 1882 by Samuel A. Ward, the organist and choir director at Grace Church, Newark, was generally considered the best music as early as 1910 and is still the popular tune today. Just as Bates had been inspired to write her poem, Ward, too, was inspired.
Samuel A. Ward was an American organist and composer who wrote the tune "Materna" in 1882. He is best known for his song "America the Beautiful", which combined his tune with Katharine Lee Bates' poem in 1910.
Born in Suffolk, he was a son of John Ward, minister of Haverhill, and his wife, Susan. Nathaniel Ward was his younger brother. Another brother, John, was rector of St. Clement's, Ipswich.
Samuel A. Ward was a composer and organist who wrote the melody for "America the Beautiful". Learn about his life, his hymn-tune "Materna" and the lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates.
Samuel Augustus Ward, composer of "America, the Beautiful," was born in 1847. He was a gifted child. He played the accordion at age six. As a teenager he taught piano lessons to help support his family. He moved to New York when he was sixteen and became a professional church organist.
Oct 14, 2015 · Professor Miller discovered the manuscript last fall, when he was in the archives at Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, researching an essay about Samuel Ward, one of the King James...
