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AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Clarence G. Hamilton Hymnal Title: Hymns of the Church Incipit: 15345 67114 56543 Used With Text: O beautiful for spacious skies

O beautiful for spacious skies

Author: Katherine Lee Bates Appears in 502 hymnals Hymnal Title: Hymns of Worship and Service Used With Tune: AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

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O beautiful for spacious skies

Author: Katherine Lee Bates Hymnal: Hymns of the Church #532 (1912) Hymnal Title: Hymns of the Church Languages: English Tune Title: AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

O beautiful for spacious skies

Author: Katherine Lee Bates Hymnal: Hymns of Worship and Service #247 (1908) Hymnal Title: Hymns of Worship and Service Languages: English Tune Title: AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

O beautiful for spacious skies

Author: Katherine Lee Bates Hymnal: Hymns of Worship and Service #247 (1913) Hymnal Title: Hymns of Worship and Service Languages: English Tune Title: AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

1859 - 1929 Person Name: Katherine Lee Bates Hymnal Title: The Church School Hymnal Author of "America, the Beautiful" in The Church School Hymnal 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 if 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. She had an intimate relationship with Katharine Coman, dean of Wellesley, who she lived with for 25 years, until Coman's death. "Yellow Clover: A Book of Remembrance" celebrates their love and partnership.She enjoyed traveling, the out of doors, reading and friends, Dianne Shapiro from Woman's Who's who in America, 1914-1915 by John William Leonard, New York: The American Commonwealth Company and Harvard Square Library, Digital Library of Unitarian Universalist Biographies, History, Books and Media (http://harvardsquarelibrary.org/cambridge-harvard/katharine-lee-bates/) (accessed 7-4-2018

Clarence G. Hamilton

1865 - 1935 Hymnal Title: The Church School Hymnal Composer of "[O beautiful for spacious skies]" in The Church School Hymnal Born: June 9, 1865, Providence, Rhode Island. Hamilton attended Brown University (BA 1888, AM 1900, Phi Beta Kappa). He taught at a private preparatory school in Providence (1888-89), and taught music in Providence, chiefly piano and theory (1889-1904). As of 1930, he was chair of the music department at Wellesley College. He was organist and choir director at several churches, contributed articles to various musical journals, and was secretary of the Northeast Chapter, American Guild of Organists. His works include: Music Appreciation, Based upon Methods of Literary Criticism The School Credit Piano Course for the Systematic Training of Ears, Fingers and Mind in Piano Playing and Musicianship, with John Patton Marshall & Percy Goetschius, 1919 Outlines of Music Theory, 1924 Piano Music: Its Composers and Characteristics (New York: Oliver Ditson, 1925) Epochs In Musical Progress (Boston, Massachusetts: Oliver Ditson Company, circa 1926) Sound and Its Relation to Music Piano Teaching: Its Principles and Problems --www.hymntime.com/tch/