I love and miss hymns! So I renewed my mission to play all the hymns I can remember (yes, I’m printing sheet music but like to add my own style). I’m loving playing the piano again.
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Words: Katharine L. Bates (1893)
Tune: MATERNA (by Samuel A. Ward in 1882)
Katharine Lee Bates was born in Falmouth, Mass., August 12, 1859. Her father was a pastor in the Congregational Church; he died when she was an infant. Her mother moved the family to Wellesley. She received a B.A. (1880) and M.A. (1891) from Wellesley College. She taught high school from 1880-1885 and then was a professor of English literature at Wellesley. She wrote poetry, children's stories, textbooks and travel books. In the summer of 1893 when she was lecturing at Colorado College she went to the top of Pike's Peak. Inspired by the beauty of the view she wrote all four verses of "America the Beautiful" which was an instant hit when it was published.
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