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Public Domain Song Mp3 Download America The Beautiful

American patriotic vocal

America the Beautiful

Patriotic vocal of the U.s.
Also known equally	"Pikes Meridian" (lyrics) "Materna" (music)
Lyrics	Katharine Lee Bates, 1895
Music	Samuel A. Ward, 1883
Published	1910 by Oliver Ditson & Co.
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"America the Cute" is a patriotic American vocal. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed past church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey.^[1] The two never met.^[2]

Bates wrote the words equally a verse form originally entitled "Pikes Meridian". It was first published in the Fourth of July 1895 edition of the church periodical, The Congregationalist. It was at that time that the poem was offset entitled "America".

Ward had initially composed the song's tune in 1882 to accompany lyrics to "Materna", basis of the hymn, "O Mother dear, Jerusalem", though the hymn was non first published until 1892.^[3] The combination of Ward's melody and Bates'due south poem was showtime entitled "America the Beautiful" in 1910. The vocal is one of the virtually pop of the many U.S. patriotic songs.^[4]

History [edit]

Commemoration plaque atop Pikes Summit in July 1999

In 1893, at the age of 33, Bates, an English professor at Wellesley Higher, had taken a train trip to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to teach at Colorado College.^[5] Several of the sights on her trip inspired her, and they found their way into her poem, including the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the "White City" with its promise of the hereafter contained within its gleaming white buildings;^[6] the wheat fields of America's heartland Kansas, through which her train was riding on July 16; and the royal view of the Great Plains from high atop Pikes Height.^{[vii] [viii]}

On the elevation of that mountain, the words of the poem started to come to her, and she wrote them down upon returning to her hotel room at the original Antlers Hotel. The verse form was initially published two years later on in The Congregationalist to commemorate the 4th of July. It quickly caught the public's fancy. An amended version was published in 1904.^{[9] [10]}

Historical marker at Grace Church in Newark where Samuel Ward worked as organist, and wrote and perfected the melody "Materna" that is used for "America the Beautiful".

The first known melody written for the song was sent in by Silas Pratt when the poem was published in The Congregationalist. By 1900, at to the lowest degree 75 unlike melodies had been written.^[xi] A hymn melody composed in 1882 by Samuel A. Ward, the organist and choir managing director at Grace Church building, 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, likewise, was inspired. The tune came to him while he was on a ferryboat trip from Coney Island back to his dwelling house in New York City after a leisurely summer day and he immediately wrote it down. He equanimous the tune for the old hymn "O Mother Beloved, Jerusalem", retitling the piece of work "Materna". Ward's music combined with Bates's verse form were first published together in 1910 and titled "America the Beautiful".^[12]

Ward died in 1903, not knowing the national stature his music would achieve. Bates was more fortunate, since the song'due south popularity was well established by the fourth dimension of her death in 1929.^[xi] It is included in songbooks in many religious congregations in the U.s.a..^[13]

At various times in the more than i hundred years that accept elapsed since the song was written, particularly during the John F. Kennedy administration, there have been efforts to give "America the Beautiful" legal status either as a national hymn or equally a national anthem equal to, or in place of, "The Star-Spangled Banner", but and then far this has not succeeded. Proponents prefer "America the Beautiful" for diverse reasons, saying it is easier to sing, more melodic, and more adaptable to new orchestrations while still remaining every bit easily recognizable every bit "The Star-Spangled Banner". Some adopt "America the Beautiful" over "The Star-Spangled Banner" due to the latter's state of war-oriented imagery; others prefer "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the same reason. While that national dichotomy has stymied whatsoever effort at changing the tradition of the national anthem, "America the Beautiful" continues to exist held in loftier esteem past a large number of Americans, and was even being considered before 1931 as a candidate to go the national anthem of the United States.^[fourteen]

Lyrics [edit]

America. A Verse form for July 4.

Original poem (1893)[15] O corking for halcyon skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the enameled patently! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, Till souls wax fair every bit earth and air And music-hearted sea! O swell for pilgrim feet Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Beyond the wilderness! America! America! God shed His grace on thee Till paths be wrought through wilds of idea By pilgrim foot and knee! O swell for celebrity-tale Of liberating strife, When in one case or twice, for man's avail, Men lavished precious life! America! America! God shed His grace on thee Till selfish gain no longer stain, The banner of the free! O great for patriot dream That sees across the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human being tears! America! America! God shed His grace on thee Till nobler men keep once again Thy whiter jubilee!

1904 version[16] O cute for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited patently!       O swell for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat out Across the wilderness. America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in cocky-control, Thy freedom in law. O cute for celebrity-tale Of liberating strife, When valiantly for man's avail Men lavished precious life. America! America! May God thy gilded refine Till all success be nobleness, And every proceeds divine. O cute for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears. America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy adept with alliance From sea to shining sea.

1911 version[17] 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 ocean! O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in cocky-command, Thy freedom in law! O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than cocky their country loved And mercy more than than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, Till all success be nobleness, And every gain divine! O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by homo tears! America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy skilful with brotherhood From ocean to shining ocean!

Notable performances [edit]

Katharine Lee Bates, ca. 1880–1890

Bing Crosby included the vocal in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs (1961).

Frank Sinatra recorded the song with Nelson Riddle during the sessions for The Concert Sinatra in February 1963, for a projected 45 unmarried release. The 45 was non commercially issued nevertheless, only the song was afterwards added as a bonus rails to the enhanced 2012 CD release of The Concert Sinatra.

In 1976, while the United States celebrated its bicentennial, a soulful version popularized by Ray Charles peaked at number 98 on the United states of america R&B chart.^{[xviii] [a]} His version was traditionally played on New Twelvemonth's Eve in Times Foursquare post-obit the ball drop.

Iii unlike renditions of the song accept entered the Hot Country Songs charts. The commencement was by Charlie Rich, which went to number 22 in 1976.^[nineteen] A second, by Mickey Newbury, peaked at number 82 in 1980.^[xx] Aretha Franklin preformed a rendition before a disputed audience of 93,173 to open WrestleMania III, a performance meta-critic RJ Urban center called "a lovely version".^[21] An all-star version of "America the Beautiful" performed by country singers Trace Adkins, Sherrié Austin, Billy Dean, Vince Gill, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Toby Keith, Brenda Lee, Lonestar, Lyle Lovett, Lila McCann, Lorrie Morgan, Jamie O'Neal, The Oak Ridge Boys, Collin Raye, Kenny Rogers, Keith Urban and Phil Vassar reached number 58 in July 2001. The song re-entered the chart following the September 11 attacks.^[22]

Popularity of the song increased greatly following the September 11 attacks; at some sporting events it was sung in add-on to the traditional singing of the national canticle. During the get-go taping of the Late Show with David Letterman following the attacks, CBS newsman Dan Rather cried briefly as he quoted the fourth verse.^[23]

For Super Bowl XLVIII, The Coca-Cola Company aired a multilingual version of the song, sung in several different languages. The commercial received some criticism on social media sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, and from some conservatives, such as Glenn Beck.^{[24] [25] [26]} Despite the controversies, Coca-Cola later reused the Super Bowl ad during Super Basin LI, the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics and for patriotic holidays.^{[27] [28]}

On January 20, 2017, Jackie Evancho released Together We Stand, a disc containing three patriotic songs including "America the Beautiful".^[29] The song charted at No. 4 on Billboard'due south Classical Digital Song sales chart.^[30]

An abbreviated cover with the 1911 lyrics was performed by Greg Jong for the soundtrack of the 2020 video game Wasteland 3, and is played during the last hostile encounters in the Denver department.

Jennifer Lopez performed the song at President Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan 20, 2021 as the second one-half of a medley with "This Land Is Your Land" past Woody Guthrie.^[31]

Idioms [edit]

"From sea to shining ocean", originally used in the charters of some of the English Colonies in North America, is an American idiom meaning "from the Atlantic Sea to the Pacific Ocean" (or vice versa). Other songs that have used this phrase include the American patriotic song "God Bless the U.South.A." and School Rock'southward "Elbow Room". The phrase and the song are also the namesake of the Shining Sea Bikeway, a bike path in Bates's hometown of Falmouth, Massachusetts. The phrase is similar to the Latin phrase " A Mari Usque Advertizing Mare " ("From bounding main to bounding main"), which is the official motto of Canada.^[32]

"Purple mountain majesties" refers to the shade of the Pikes Pinnacle in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which inspired Bates to write the poem.^[33]

In 2003, Tori Amos appropriated the phrase "for amber waves of grain" to create a personification for her song "Amber Waves". Amos imagines Amber Waves as an exotic dancer, like the character of the same name portrayed by Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights.

Books [edit]

Lynn Sherr's 2001 book America the Beautiful discusses the origins of the song and the backgrounds of its authors in depth. The book points out that the poem has the aforementioned meter as that of "Auld Lang Syne"; the songs can exist sung interchangeably. Additionally, Sherr discusses the development of the lyrics, for case, changes to the original third poesy written past Bates.^[sixteen]

Melinda M. Ponder, in her 2017 biography Katharine Lee Bates: From Sea to Shining Sea,^[8] draws heavily on Bates's diaries and letters to trace the history of the poem and its identify in American culture.

Run across too [edit]

• "God Bless America"

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Ray Charles' 1972 recording of this song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005.

References [edit]

1. ^ "'America the Beautiful' began in Newark | Di Ionno". March 17, 2016. Archived from the original on October eleven, 2016. Retrieved September xviii, 2016.
2. ^ Andy Pease, " 'America the Beautiful' by Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel Augustus Ward, arr. Carmen Dragon" Archived February 22, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Wind Band Literature, July 1, 2014; accessed 2019-08-17.
3. ^ McKim, LindaJo (1993). The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion. Louisville, Kentucky: John Knox Press. p. 379. ISBN9780664251802 . Retrieved June 22, 2012. (McKim notes that Ward once mentioned in a postcard that the hymn had been composed in 1882, however).
4. ^ "Materna (O Female parent Dear, Jerusalem) / Samuel Augustus Ward [hymnal]:Print Material Full Description: Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Library of Congress". Lcweb2.loc.gov. October 30, 2007. Archived from the original on June v, 2011. Retrieved Baronial twenty, 2011.
5. ^ Cooney, Beth (Nov 9, 2001). "A Stirring Story Backside 'America the Beautiful'". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved Baronial 21, 2017.
6. ^ "No. 1238: 1893 Exhibition". world wide web.uh.edu. Archived from the original on January eighteen, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
7. ^ "America the Beautiful". The Library of Congress. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved Baronial 21, 2017.
8. ^ ^{a b} Ponder, Melinda M. (2017). Katharine Lee Bates: From Body of water to Shining Body of water. Chicago, IL: Windy City Publishers. ISBN9781941478479.
9. ^ "America the Cute". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA . Retrieved October viii, 2021.
10. ^ Baxter, Sylvester (October 31, 1918). "America the Beautiful". The Journal of Education. 88 (16 (2202)): 428–429. doi:10.1177/002205741808801607. JSTOR 42767143. S2CID 220810886.
11. ^ ^{a b} Ace Collins (August 30, 2009). Stories Behind the Hymns That Inspire America: Songs That Unite Our Nation. Zondervan. ISBN978-0-310-86685-five. Archived from the original on May viii, 2018.
12. ^ Collins, Ace (2003). Songs Sung Red, White, and Blue: The Stories Behind America'south Best-Loved Patriotic Songs. Harper. p. xix. ISBN978-0-06-051304-7.
13. ^ "America the Cute". Hymnary.org . Retrieved September 16, 2019.
14. ^ Estrella, Espie (September ii, 2018). "Who Wrote "America the Beautiful"? The History of America'southward Unofficial National Canticle". thoughtco.com. ThoughtCo. Retrieved November xiv, 2018. Many consider "America the Cute" to be the unofficial national canticle of the U.s.. In fact, it was one of the songs being considered as a U.S. national anthem earlier "Star Spangled Banner" was officially called. The song is often played during formal ceremonies or at the opening of of import events...Many artists have recorded their own renditions of this patriotic song, including Elvis Presley and Mariah Carey. In September 1972, Ray Charles appeared on The Dick Cavett Show singing his version of "America the Beautiful."
15. ^ Bates, Katherine Lee (1897). "America. A Poem for July 4". The American Kitchen Mag. 7: 151. Retrieved May thirteen, 2016.
16. ^ ^{a b} Sherr, Lynn (2001). America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation's Favorite Vocal. New York: PublicAffairs. p. 78. ISBN978-1-58648-085-one . Retrieved June 6, 2013.
17. ^ Bates, Katharine Lee (1911). America the Beautiful and Other Poems. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Visitor. pp. three–4 – via archive.org.
18. ^ "Ray Charles Nautical chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard . Retrieved Feb 4, 2019.
19. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 350. ISBN978-0-89820-177-2.
20. ^ Whitburn, p. 297
21. ^ rj, city. "Wrestlemania 1-5 | National Anthem Review". {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
22. ^ Whitburn, p. 24
23. ^ Zacharek, Stephanie (September xviii, 2001). "Dan Rather'south tears; Journalists don't cry on camera. That was before last week". Salon.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2009.
24. ^ "Coca Cola's Super Bowl advert angers conservatives". NY Daily News. Archived from the original on May 16, 2016. Retrieved May v, 2016.
25. ^ "Coca-Cola Super Basin ad: Can you believe this reaction?". United states of america TODAY. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
26. ^ Poniewozik, James (Feb 2, 2014). "Coca-Cola's "It's Beautiful" Super Bowl Ad Brings Out Some Ugly Americans". Fourth dimension. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014.
27. ^ "Information technology'due south Beautiful" Commercial". Coca-Cola Company Press Center. February five, 2017. Archived from the original on Nov iii, 2016.
28. ^ "Coca-Cola ran a Super Basin commercial about diversity and inclusion and people are mad". SB Nation. February 5, 2017. Archived from the original on February 6, 2017. Retrieved Feb 6, 2017.
29. ^ "Bank check Out Jackie Evancho Rehearsing for Her Presidential Inauguration Gig". Billboard. January 20, 2017.
30. ^ "Search results: Jackie Evancho". Billboardbiz . Retrieved Feb 1, 2017.
31. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Jennifer Lopez - "This Land Is Your Land" & "America, The Beautiful" - Inauguration 2021 Performance". YouTube.
32. ^ Martin, Gary. "From ocean to shining sea". Phrases.org. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
33. ^ "America the Beautiful" (PDF). www.americanheritage.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2012.

External links [edit]

• MP3 and RealAudio recordings available at the Usa Library of Congress
• Free canvas music of America the Cute from Cantorion.org
• Words, sheet music & MIDI file at the Cyber Hymnal
• America the Beautiful Park in Colorado Springs named for Katharine Lee Bates' words.
• Archival drove of America the Beautiful lantern slides from the 1930s.
• Some other free canvas music

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