AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL Samuel A Ward CHESTER WALLIS Easy Pian

ITEM 1.) Samuel A. Ward; Chester Wallis, Henry Weber, Arrangers; "America the Beautiful"; Arranged in the Simplest Manner; For Piano; Complete Sheet Music; 1936; Willis Music Company #5642;

Part of the American Favorites Arranged in the Simplest Manner Series;

Small Format;

English Throughout;

Front Cover Artwork featuring text;

Preprinted Cover Price of 30 cents;

Inside Front Cover is first page of music;

No Title Page or Table of Contents;

America the Beautiful; Samuel A. Ward; Tune Arranged by Chester Wallis;

1 Tunes Total;

2 pages of music for Piano without Lyrics;

Rear Cover has ad for Burnam Supplementary Teaching Contributions To Better Pedagogy;

Published by Willis Music Company; Cincinnati, Ohio; Copyright 1936;

Condition Very Good for age and the fact that it was "on display" for some time; Covers Show Storage Wear; Pages Clean, Tight and Unmarked;

The primary item was part of the collection of Henry J. Hauschild Jr., who billed himself as a “Physiognomist – Bibliopolist – Cognoscente di Eccellentissimo”, and was the very proud owner of the world famous "Nose Gallery” at “The Oldest House” in Victoria, Texas. Henry Senior founded the Hauschild Music Company which was later owned by his 8 children and eventually the four brothers before being closed in 1980; After the Opera House Restaurant failed, the space became the Bible Book Store and later Opera House Antiques; This item was part of the leftover inventory of the Music Store and at one time was on consignment at the Bible Book Store;

"Musicologist and historian, Delmer Rogers, longtime member of the staff of the Department of Music at the University of Texas, is of the opinion that the Hauschild Music Company, founded in Victoria, Texas in 1891, was the second oldest institution to commercially publish sheet music in Texas. (Thos. Goggan of Houston being the first.) Also, his extensive research indicates that Hauschild's was the first in Texas to issues music with Spanish titles. About thirty were published, many by talented writers, and sold in large numbers. In addition, probing seems to prove that Hauschilds was the first to publish the efforts of several of the music-loving Germans of the area. Most interesting, too, is that the spritely composition, the Cowboy Rag offered in 1904 possibly was the purcursor of this genre of popular music." taken from "The Cognoscenti Collections";

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HISTORICAL NOTE: ""America the Beautiful" is an American patriotic song. The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates & the music composed by church organist & choirmaster Samuel A. Ward. Bates originally wrote the words as a poem, Pikes Peak, 1st published in the Fourth of July edition of the church periodical The Congregationalist in 1895. At that time, the poem was titled America for publication. Ward had originally written the music, Materna, for the 17th century hymn O Mother dear, Jerusalem in 1882. Ward's music combined with the Bates poem was 1st published in 1910 & titled America the Beautiful. The song is one of the most beloved & popular of the many American patriotic songs. From time to time it has been proposed as a replacement for The Star-Spangled Banner as the National Anthem. Three different renditions of the song have entered the Hot Country Songs charts. The 1st was by Charlie Rich, which went to number 22 in 1976. A 2nd, by Mickey Newbury, peaked at number 82 in 1980. An all-star version of "America the Beautiful" performed by country music singers Trace Adkins, Billy Dean, Vince Gill, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Toby Keith, Brenda Lee, Lonestar, Martina McBride, Jamie O'Neal, Kenny Rogers & Keith Urban reached number 58 in July 2001. The song re-entered the chart following the September 11 terrorist attacks. Popularity of the song increased greatly following the September 11, 2001 attacks; at some sporting events it was sung in addition to the traditional singing of the national anthem. During the 1st taping of the Late Show with David Letterman following the attacks, CBS newsman Dan Rather cried briefly as he quoted the 4th verse. Ray Charles is credited with the song's most well known rendition in current times (although Elvis Presley had success with it in the 1970s). Charles' recording is very commonly played at major sporting events, such as the Super Bowl, & WrestleMania; Charles gave a live performance of the song prior to Super Bowl XXXV, the last Super Bowl played before the September 11 terrorist attacks. He places the 3rd verse 1st, after which he sings the usual 1st verse. In the 3rd verse (see below), the author scolds the materialistic & self-serving robber barons of her day, & urges America to live up to its noble ideals & to honor, with both word & deed, the memory of those who died for their country. He also performed the song on Red Sox opening day at Fenway Park in 2003, though the game was eventually rained out. Symbolically, Marian Anderson (a noted opera singer of her day) sang a rendition of America on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after being refused use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution because of her skin color. In 2009, on her album "Running for the Drum", Buffy Sainte-Marie released a new version of American the Beautiful. Her version contained some new lyrics, as well as a small modification of the melody. Her lyrics take the 1st verse as hers, but give a different verse as her 2nd of only two verses to her version. Her 2nd verse is: O beautiful for vision clear, That sees beyond the years, The nightime sky, our hopes that fly, Undimmed by human tears. America! America! God shed His grace on thee, 'Til selfish gain no longer stain, The banner of the free. And crown they good with brotherhood, From sea to shining sea. "From sea to shining sea" is an American idiom meaning from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean (or vice versa). Many songs have used this term, including the American patriotic songs "America, The Beautiful" & "God Bless the USA". In addition to these, it is also featured in Schoolhouse Rock's "Elbow Room". A term similar to this is the Canadian motto A Mari Usque Ad Mare ("From sea to sea.") Lynn Sherr's 2001 book America the Beautiful discusses the origins of the song & the backgrounds of its authors in depth. ISBN 1-58648-085-5. The book points out that the poem has the same meter as that of "Auld Lang Syne"; the songs can be sung interchangeably. Barbara Younger has written a children's book about the writing of the song: Purple Mountain Majesties: The Story of Katharine Lee Bates & "America the Beautiful". The book has illustrations by artist Stacey Schuett.";

HISTORICAL NOTE: "Katharine Lee Bates (August 12, 1859 – March 28, 1929) was an American songwriter. She is remembered as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful". She popularized "Mrs. Santa Claus" through her poem Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride (1889). Bates was born in Falmouth, Mass., the daughter of a Congregational pastor. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1880 & for many years was a professor of English literature at Wellesley. While teaching there, she was elected a member of the newly formed Pi Gamma Mu honor society for the social sciences because of her interest in history & politics, which she had also studied. Bates lived in Wellesley with Katharine Coman, who was a history & political economy teacher & founder of the Wellesley College school Economics department. The pair lived together for 25 years until Coman's death in 1915. It is debated whether their relationship was an intimate lesbian relationship as different sources maintain or platonic (sometimes called a "Boston marriage") as the local historical society of her birthplace maintains. In the years following Coman's death, Bates wrote Yellow Clover: A Book of Remembrance, to Katharine Coman. Almost all the poems there contained refer to the relationship between Bates & Coman. The 1st draft of "America the Beautiful" was hastily jotted down in a notebook during the summer of 1893, which Bates spent teaching English at Colo. College in Colo. Springs, Colorado. Later she remembered: One day some of the other teachers & I decided to go on a trip to 14,000-foot Pikes Peak. We hired a prairie wagon. Near the top we had to leave the wagon & go the rest of the way on mules. I was very tired. But when I saw the view, I felt great joy. All the wonder of America seemed displayed there, with the sea-like expanse. The words to her only famous poem 1st appeared in print in The Congregationalist, a weekly journal, for Independence Day, 1895. The poem reached a wider audience when her revised version was printed in the Boston Evening Transcript on November 19, 1904. Her final expanded version was written in 1913. The hymn has been sung to several tunes, but the familiar one used by Ray Charles is by Samuel A. Ward (1847–1903), written for his hymn "Materna" (1882). Bates was a prolific author of many volumes of poetry, travel books, & children's books. She popularized Mrs. Claus in her poem Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride from the collection Sunshine & other Verses for Children (1889). Her family home on Falmouth's Main Street is preserved by the Falmouth Historical Society. There is also a street named in her honor, "Katharine Lee Bates Road" in Falmouth. Bates lived as an adult on Centre Street in Newton, Massachusetts. A historic plaque marks the site of her home. Bates has two schools named in her honor, the Katharine Lee Bates Elementary School, located on Elmwood Road in Wellesley, Mass. & the Katharine Lee Bates Elementary School, located in Colo. Springs, Colorado. The latter was founded in 1957. Bates died in Wellesley, Mass., on March 28, 1929, aged 69, & is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery at Falmouth. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. (Editor) The Wedding Day Book, Lothrop (Boston, MA), 1882, published as The Wedding-Day Book, with the Congratulations of the Poets, Lothrop (Boston, MA), 1895. The College Beautiful, & Other Poems, Houghton (Cambridge, MA), 1887. (Editor) Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, Leach, Shewell & Sanborn (Boston, MA), 1889. Rose and Thorn, Congregational Sunday-School & Publishing Society (Boston, MA), 1889. (Editor) Ballad Book, Leach, Shewell & Sanborn (Boston, MA), 1890, reprinted, Books for Libraries Press (Freeport, NY), 1969. Hermit Island, Lothrop (Boston, MA), 1890. Sunshine, & Other Verses for Children, Wellesley Alumnae (Boston, MA), 1890. The English Religious Drama, Macmillan (NY, NY), 1893, reprinted, Kennikat Press (Port Washington, NY), 1966. (Editor) Shakespeare's Comedy of The Merchant of Venice, Leach, Shewell & Sanborn (Boston, MA), 1894. (Editor) Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Leach, Shewell & Sanborn (Boston, MA), 1895. (Editor) Shakespeare's Comedy of As You Like It, Leach, Shewell & Sanborn (Boston, MA), 1896. (Compiler) Browning Studies: Bibliography, Robinson (Boston, MA), 1896. (Editor) Stories from the Chap-Book, Stone (Chicago, IL), 1896. (Compiler with Lydia Boker Godfrey) English Drama: A Working Basis, Robinson (Boston, MA), 1896, enlarged as Shakespeare: Selective Bibliography & Biographical Notes, compiled by Bates & Lilla Weed, Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA), 1913. American Literature, Chautauqua Press (NY, NY), 1897. Spanish Highways & Byways, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1900. (Editor) Keats's The Eve of St. Agnes, & Other Poems, Silver, Burdett, (NY, NY), 1902. (Editor & author of introduction) The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, 14 volumes, Crowell (NY, NY), 1902. (Editor) Hamilton Wright Mabie, Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas, Rand, McNally (Chicago, IL), 1902. (Compiler with Katharine Coman) English History Told by English Poets, Macmillan (NY, NY), 1902, reprinted, Books for Libraries Press (Freeport, NY), 1969. (As James Lincoln) Relishes of Rhyme, Richard G. Badger (Boston, MA), 1903. (Editor) The Poems of Alice & Phoebe Cary, Crowell (NY, NY), 1903. (Editor) John Ruskin, The King of the Golden River; or, the Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria, illustrated by John C. Johansen, Rand, McNally (Chicago, IL), 1903. (Editor) Tennyson's The Princess, American Book Co. (NY, NY), 1904. (Editor) Tennyson's Gareth & Lynette, Lancelot & Elaine, The Passing of Arthur, Sibley (Boston, MA), 1905. (Author of introduction) Nathaniel Hawthorne, Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches, Crowell (NY, NY), 1906. From Gretna Green to Land's End: A Literary Journey in England, photographs by Katharine Coman, Crowell (NY, NY), 1907. (Translator, with Cornelia Frances Bates) Gustavo Adolfo Becquer, Romantic Legends of Spain, Crowell (NY, NY), 1909, reprinted, Books for Libraries Press (Freeport, NY), 1971. The Story of Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims, Rand, McNally (Chicago, IL), 1909. America the Beautiful, & Other Poems, Crowell (NY, NY), 1911. (Compiler & editor) The New Irish Drama, Drama League of America (Chicago, IL), 1911. In Sunny Spain with Pilarica & Rafael, Dutton (NY, NY), 1913. Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims, Retold by Katharine Lee Bates, illustrated by Angus MacDonall, color plates by Milo Winter, Rand, McNally (Chicago, IL), 1914. Fairy Gold, Dutton, (NY, NY), 1916. (Author of introduction) Helen Sanborn, Anne of Brittany, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard (Boston, MA), 1917. (Editor) Thomas Heywood, A Woman Killed with Kindness, & the Faire Maide of the West, Heath (Boston, MA), 1917. The Retinue, & Other Poems, Dutton (NY, NY), 1918. Sigurd Our Golden Collie, & Other Comrades of the Road, Dutton (NY, NY), 1919. (Editor) Once Upon a Time; A Book of Old-Time Fairy Tales, illustrated by Margaret Evans Price, Rand, McNally (Chicago, IL), 1921. Yellow Clover, A Book of Remembrance, Dutton (NY, NY), 1922. Little Robin Stay-Behind, & Other Plays in Verse for Children, Woman's Press (NY, NY), 1923. The Pilgrim Ship, Woman's Press (NY, NY), 1926. (Editor) Tom Thumb & Other Old-Time Fairy Tales, illustrated by Price, Rand, McNally (Chicago, IL), 1926. America the Dream, Crowell (NY, NY), 1930. An Autobiography, in Brief, of Katharine Lee Bates, Enterprise Press (Falmouth, MA), 1930. Selected Poems of Katharine Lee Bates, edited by Marion Pelton Guild, Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA), 1930. (Author of introduction) Helen Corke, The World's Family, Oxford University Press (NY, NY), 1930. (Editor) Jack the Giant-Killer, Rand, McNally (Chicago, IL), 1937. (Editor) Jack & the Beanstalk; also Toads & Diamonds, Rand, McNally (Chicago, IL), 1937. America the Beautiful, illustrated by Neil Waldman, Atheneum (NY, NY), 1993. O Beautiful For Spacious Skies, edited by Sara Jane Boyers, illustrated by Wayne Thiebaud, Chronicle Books (San Francisco, CA), 1994. Contributor to Historic Towns of New England, edited by Lyman P. Powell, Putnam (NY, NY), 1898. Contributor to periodicals, sometimes under the pseudonym James Lincoln, including Atlantic Monthly, Congregationalist, Boston Evening Transcript, Christian Century, Contemporary Verse, Lippincott's & Delineator. Collections of Bates's manuscripts are housed by the Arthur & Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA; Falmouth Historical Society, Falmouth, MA; Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Wellesley College Archives, Wellesley, MA.";

HISTORICAL NOTE: "Samuel Augustus Ward (28 December 1847 – 28 September 1903) was an American organist & composer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Ward studied music in New York & became an organist at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark in 1880. He is remembered for his hymn "Materna" (1882) which was used for the anthem "America the Beautiful", with words by Katharine Lee Bates. However, Ward never met Bates, & he died in 1903 in Newark. He was the last in an unbroken line of Samuel Wards beginning with Rhode Island Governor & Representative to the Continental Congress Samuel Ward. He had no children who lived through adulthood. Ward was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.";

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