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Tune Title: MATERNA First Line: O beautiful for spacious skies (Oh bella por tu cielo azul) Composer: Samuel A. Ward, 1848-1903 Meter: CMD Key: B♭ Major Date: 2013 Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song #800
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Ward composed " Materna " in 1882 as the tune for the anonymous hymn "O Mother Dear, Jerusalem". However, it is more famously used with Katharine Lee Bates 's poem "America" as the song "America the Beautiful". Versions of Materna include: "O Beautiful for Spacious Skies" in The Army and Navy Hymnal, 1920.
Find Songs And Hymns MATERNA. There are two accounts of how Samuel Ward came to write the hymn tune MATURNA. Ward’s son in-law claimed it was written in honor of Ward’s eldest daughter. Other people claim it was written while Ward crossed the New York harbor after spending the day at Coney Island.
Materna (O Mother Dear, Jerusalem) Names. Ward, Samuel Augustus (author) Created / Published. Knickerbocker Press/The Century Company, New York, 1906, monographic. Headings. - Popular Songs of the Day. - Songs and Music. - Progressive Era to New Era (1900-1929) Genre. hymnal. Notes. - Tune for "America the Beautiful."
Hymns set to the tune 'Materna' Praise Online gives you access to an extensive catalogue of words and music for church worship. Built up over more than twenty years, used by churches in the UK and beyond.
