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See media help. " My Country, 'Tis of Thee ", also known as simply " America ", is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith. [ 2] The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States (along with songs like "Hail, Columbia") before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as ...
Emma Waldo Smith Marshall (granddaughter) Awards. Songwriters Hall of Fame (1970) Samuel Francis Smith (October 21, 1808 – November 16, 1895) was an American Baptist minister, journalist, and author. He is best known for having written the lyrics to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" (sung to the tune of "God Save the King"), which he entitled "America".
The melody is used for the American patriotic song "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" (also known as "America"). The melody was also used for the national anthem " Heil dir im Siegerkranz " ("Hail to thee in the Victor's Crown") of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1795 until 1918 and as the anthem of the German Emperor from 1871 to 1918, and as " The Prayer ...
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the ...
America the Beautiful. " 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 in Newark, New Jersey. [ 1] The two never met.
The original lyrics [8] were composed on February 23, 1940, in Guthrie's room at the Hanover House hotel at 43rd St. and 6th Ave. (101 West 43rd St.) in New York. The line "This land was made for you and me" does not appear in the original manuscript at the end of each verse, but is implied by Guthrie's writing of those words at the top of the page and by his subsequent singing of the line ...
American patriotic music. The bombardment of Fort McHenry that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the lyrics for the national anthem. American patriotic music is a part of the culture and history of the United States since its foundation in the 18th Century. It has served to encourage feelings of honor both for the country's forefathers and ...
13.13.13.13 D. Melody. "Thaxted" by Gustav Holst. "Abinger" by Ralph Vaughan Williams. "I Vow to Thee, My Country" is a Britishpatriotic hymn, created in 1921 when music by Gustav Holsthad a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Riceset to it. The music originated as a wordless melody, which Holst later named "Thaxted", taken from the "Jupiter" movement of ...