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American patriotic song

America the Beautiful

Patriotic song of the United States
Also known as	"Pikes Pinnacle" (lyrics) "Materna" (music)
Lyrics	Katharine Lee Bates, 1895
Music	Samuel A. Ward, 1883
Published	1910 past Oliver Ditson & Co.
Audio sample
"America the Beautiful" as performed past the United States Navy Band file help

"America the Beautiful" is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church building in Newark, New Jersey.^[1] The two never met.^[2]

Bates wrote the words as a poem originally entitled "Pikes Top". It was outset published in the Fourth of July 1895 edition of the church building journal, The Congregationalist. It was at that fourth dimension that the poem was first entitled "America".

Ward had initially composed the song'due south melody in 1882 to accompany lyrics to "Materna", basis of the hymn, "O Mother dear, Jerusalem", though the hymn was non offset published until 1892.^[three] The combination of Ward's melody and Bates'due south poem was outset entitled "America the Beautiful" in 1910. The song is 1 of the most pop of the many U.S. patriotic songs.^[4]

History [edit]

Commemoration plaque atop Pikes Top 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.^[five] Several of the sights on her trip inspired her, and they establish their fashion into her verse form, including the Globe'due south Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the "White City" with its promise of the future contained within its gleaming white buildings;^{[half dozen]} the wheat fields of America's heartland Kansas, through which her train was riding on July 16; and the regal view of the Corking Plains from high atop Pikes Peak.^{[7] [8]}

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

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

The showtime known melody written for the song was sent in by Silas Pratt when the poem was published in The Congregationalist. By 1900, at least 75 different melodies had been written.^[xi] 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 all the same the popular melody today. Just as Bates had been inspired to write her poem, Ward, besides, was inspired. The tune came to him while he was on a ferryboat trip from Coney Island dorsum to his abode in New York City after a leisurely summer day and he immediately wrote it down. He composed the tune for the old hymn "O Mother Love, Jerusalem", retitling the work "Materna". Ward's music combined with Bates'due south poem were beginning published together in 1910 and titled "America the Cute".^[12]

Ward died in 1903, not knowing the national stature his music would accomplish. Bates was more fortunate, since the song's popularity was well established past the time of her expiry in 1929.^[xi] Information technology is included in songbooks in many religious congregations in the Usa.^[13]

At various times in the more than one hundred years that have elapsed since the song was written, particularly during the John F. Kennedy administration, in that location accept been efforts to give "America the Beautiful" legal status either as a national hymn or as a national anthem equal to, or in place of, "The Star-Spangled Banner", but then far this has not succeeded. Proponents prefer "America the Beautiful" for various reasons, saying it is easier to sing, more melodic, and more adaptable to new orchestrations while still remaining as easily recognizable as "The Star-Spangled Banner". Some prefer "America the Beautiful" over "The Star-Spangled Banner" due to the latter's war-oriented imagery; others adopt "The Star-Spangled Imprint" 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 be held in high esteem by a large number of Americans, and was even being considered earlier 1931 as a candidate to become the national anthem of the United States.^[14]

Lyrics [edit]

America. A Verse form for July four.

Original poem (1893)[fifteen] O great for halcyon skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the enameled plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, Till souls wax off-white as globe and air And music-hearted ocean! O corking 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 thought By pilgrim foot and knee! O cracking for glory-tale Of liberating strife, When once or twice, for man'due south avail, Men lavished precious life! America! America! God shed His grace on thee Till selfish gain no longer stain, The banner of the complimentary! O great for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human being tears! America! America! God shed His grace on thee Till nobler men keep again Thy whiter jubilee!

1904 version[16] O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties To a higher place the fruited evidently!       O great for pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness. America! America! God mend thine ev'ry flaw, Confirm thy soul in cocky-control, Thy liberty in law. O beautiful for glory-tale Of liberating strife, When valiantly for man's avail Men lavished precious life. America! America! May God thy gold refine Till all success be nobleness, And every gain divine. O beautiful 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, And crown thy good with brotherhood From bounding main to shining sea.

1911 version[17] O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For royal mountain majesties To a higher place the fruited obviously! America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy expert with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! 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 self-control, Thy liberty in police! O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than than self their state loved And mercy more than than life! America! America! May God thy aureate refine, Till all success exist nobleness, And every proceeds divine! O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed past human being tears! America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining bounding main!

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 Feb 1963, for a projected 45 single release. The 45 was not commercially issued however, just the song was subsequently added every bit a bonus track 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 Year'south Eve in Times Foursquare following the ball drop.

Three different renditions of the song have entered the Hot Land Songs charts. The first was past Charlie Rich, which went to number 22 in 1976.^[19] A second, past Mickey Newbury, peaked at number 82 in 1980.^[20] Aretha Franklin performed a rendition before a disputed audience of 93,173 to open WrestleMania Iii, a performance meta-critic RJ City chosen "a lovely version".^[21] An all-star version of "America the Cute" performed by land singers Trace Adkins, Sherrié Austin, Baton 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 xi attacks.^[22]

Popularity of the vocal increased greatly following the September 11 attacks; at some sporting events information technology was sung in improver to the traditional singing of the national canticle. During the showtime taping of the Late Show with David Letterman following the attacks, CBS newsman Dan Rather cried briefly as he quoted the 4th poesy.^[23]

For Super Bowl XLVIII, The Coca-Cola Visitor 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 afterward reused the Super Bowl advertizement during Super Bowl LI, the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics and for patriotic holidays.^{[27] [28]}

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

An abbreviated comprehend with the 1911 lyrics was performed by Greg Jong for the soundtrack of the 2020 video game Wasteland iii, and is played during the final hostile encounters in the Denver section.

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

Idioms [edit]

"From sea to shining sea", originally used in the charters of some of the English Colonies in North America, is an American idiom significant "from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean" (or vice versa). Other songs that accept used this phrase include the American patriotic vocal "God Bless the United states of americaA." and Schoolhouse Stone's "Elbow Room". The phrase and the vocal are also the namesake of the Shining Bounding main Bikeway, a bike path in Bates's hometown of Falmouth, Massachusetts. The phrase is similar to the Latin phrase " A Mari Usque Ad Mare " ("From sea to sea"), which is the official motto of Canada.^[32]

"Royal mountain majesties" refers to the shade of the Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which inspired Bates to write the verse form.^[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, similar the character of the same proper name portrayed by Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights.

Books [edit]

Lynn Sherr'due south 2001 book America the Beautiful discusses the origins of the vocal and the backgrounds of its authors in depth. The book points out that the poem has the same meter every bit that of "Auld Lang Syne"; the songs can be sung interchangeably. Additionally, Sherr discusses the evolution of the lyrics, for instance, changes to the original third verse written by Bates.^[16]

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

See also [edit]

• "God Bless America"

Notes [edit]

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

References [edit]

1. ^ "'America the Cute' began in Newark | Di Ionno". March 17, 2016. Archived from the original on October 11, 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 Ring Literature, July 1, 2014; accessed 2019-08-17.
3. ^ McKim, LindaJo (1993). The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion. Louisville, Kentucky: John Knox Printing. p. 379. ISBN9780664251802 . Retrieved June 22, 2012. (McKim notes that Ward in one case mentioned in a postcard that the hymn had been equanimous in 1882, however).
4. ^ "Materna (O Mother Dear, Jerusalem) / Samuel Augustus Ward [hymnal]:Print Material Full Description: Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Library of Congress". Lcweb2.loc.gov. October thirty, 2007. Archived from the original on June v, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
5. ^ Cooney, Beth (November 9, 2001). "A Stirring Story Behind 'America the Beautiful'". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
6. ^ "No. 1238: 1893 Exhibition". www.uh.edu. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
7. ^ "America the Beautiful". The Library of Congress. Archived from the original on July v, 2017. Retrieved Baronial 21, 2017.
8. ^ ^{a b} Ponder, Melinda One thousand. (2017). Katharine Lee Bates: From Sea to Shining Sea. Chicago, IL: Windy City Publishers. ISBN9781941478479.
9. ^ "America the Cute". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA . Retrieved Oct 8, 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 8, 2018.
12. ^ Collins, Ace (2003). Songs Sung Cherry-red, White, and Bluish: The Stories Backside America's Best-Loved Patriotic Songs. Harper. p. 19. ISBN978-0-06-051304-vii.
13. ^ "America the Beautiful". Hymnary.org . Retrieved September sixteen, 2019.
14. ^ Estrella, Espie (September 2, 2018). "Who Wrote "America the Cute"? The History of America'due south Unofficial National Anthem". thoughtco.com. ThoughtCo. Retrieved Nov 14, 2018. Many consider "America the Beautiful" to be the unofficial national anthem of the United States. In fact, information technology was i of the songs beingness considered every bit a U.Due south. national anthem earlier "Star Spangled Banner" was officially chosen. The song is frequently 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 four". The American Kitchen Magazine. 7: 151. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
16. ^ ^{a b} Sherr, Lynn (2001). America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Backside Our Nation's Favorite Song. New York: PublicAffairs. p. 78. ISBN978-one-58648-085-1 . Retrieved June 6, 2013.
17. ^ Bates, Katharine Lee (1911). America the Beautiful and Other Poems. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. pp. 3–iv – via archive.org.
18. ^ "Ray Charles Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard . Retrieved February 4, 2019.
19. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Land 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 Canticle Review". {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-condition (link)
22. ^ Whitburn, p. 24
23. ^ Zacharek, Stephanie (September 18, 2001). "Dan Rather's tears; Journalists don't cry on camera. That was before terminal week". Salon.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2009.
24. ^ "Coca Cola's Super Bowl ad angers conservatives". NY Daily News. Archived from the original on May 16, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
25. ^ "Coca-Cola Super Basin ad: Can you lot believe this reaction?". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved May vi, 2016.
26. ^ Poniewozik, James (February 2, 2014). "Coca-Cola's "It'south Cute" Super Bowl Advertisement Brings Out Some Ugly Americans". Time. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014.
27. ^ "It's Beautiful" Commercial". Coca-Cola Company Printing Middle. Feb five, 2017. Archived from the original on November three, 2016.
28. ^ "Coca-Cola ran a Super Bowl commercial about variety and inclusion and people are mad". SB Nation. February 5, 2017. Archived from the original on February half dozen, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
29. ^ "Check Out Jackie Evancho Rehearsing for Her Presidential Inauguration Gig". Billboard. January 20, 2017.
30. ^ "Search results: Jackie Evancho". Billboardbiz . Retrieved February 1, 2017.
31. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Auto: "Jennifer Lopez - "This Land Is Your Land" & "America, The Beautiful" - Inauguration 2021 Performance". YouTube.
32. ^ Martin, Gary. "From sea 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 four, 2012.

External links [edit]

• MP3 and RealAudio recordings bachelor at the United States Library of Congress
• Free sheet music of America the Beautiful 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 collection of America the Beautiful lantern slides from the 1930s.
• Another complimentary canvas music

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful