Samuel Augustus Ward. Samuel Augustus Ward (December 28, 1848 – September 28, 1903) was an American organist and composer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of a shoemaker, [1] he studied under several teachers in New York and became an organist at Grace Episcopal Church in his home town in 1880. He married Virginia Ward in 1871, with whom ...

2001年11月9日 · They wrote the words and music to "America the Beautiful," but poet Katharine Lee Bates and church organist Samuel Augustus Ward never met.

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.

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The composer of “America the Beautiful”, Samuel Augustus Ward, was born in 1848. “America the Beautiful” first appeared in print in the weekly journal The Congregationalist, a on July 4, 1895. The lyrics were written while on an 1893 summer lecture series at …

…piece “Materna,” originally composed by Samuel A. Ward for the hymn “O Mother Dear, Jerusalem” in 1882. “Materna” was first published in accompaniment with “America the Beautiful” in 1910, seven years after Ward’s death.

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 …

Samuel A. Ward was a modest yet important figure in American musical history. Not much is known about his life or career, but Americans owe him gratitude for his simple, yet beautiful song depicting our country’s majestic landscape. Ward was born in New Jersey, and was known as a brilliant young man. He played the accordion from

Samuel Ward was born on December 28, 1848, in Newark, New Jersey. He started playing the accordion when he was six years old, and by the age of sixteen, he was an organist at a church in New York City.

Samuel Augustus Ward (December 28, 1848 – September 28, 1903) was an American organist and composer. Born in Newark, New Jersey , the son of a shoemaker, [1] he studied under several teachers in New York and became an organist at Grace Episcopal Church in …