America The Beautiful

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Grade Level 1

Year: 2001

Type: Patriotic

Composer: Douglas Court

 

Program Notes:

Katherine Lee Bates was a professor of English at Wellesley College from 1891-1925.  She wrote the poem, “American the Beautiful” after the experience of climbing Pike’s Peak.  The poem was then set to music by Samuel A. Ward and has become one of the country’s most cherished songs.

 

American Instrumental Ensemble Series (AIES/ABES)