#O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS PROFESSIONAL#

Ward in 1882 was first published with Bates’ poem in 1910 as 'America the Beautiful. Lyrics begin: 'O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves. Find your perfect arrangement and access a variety of transpositions so you can print and play instantly, anywhere.

A hymn tune composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Browse our 68 arrangements of 'America the Beautiful.' Sheet music is available for Piano, Voice, Guitar and 45 others with 25 scorings and 4 notations in 18 genres. Over the years, several existing pieces of music were adapted to the poem. The poem was first published with the name 'Pikes Peak' in the Independence Day edition of the church periodical 'The Congregationalist' in 1895. She wrote down the words after returning to her hotel room. O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain America America God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the. On the pinnacle of the mountain a poem started to come to her. Overwhelmed by the glory of what she saw, Bates drafted all four verses in her notebook. All the wonder of America seemed displayed there, with the sea-like expanse. America the Beautiful Lyrics Oh Beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain. But when I saw the view, I felt great joy. Near the top we had to leave the wagon and go the rest of the way on mules. One day some of the other teachers and I decided to go on a trip to 14,000-foot Pikes Peak. In the summer of 1893, poet Katharine Lee Bates was teaching English at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

She wrote it in 1893 while on a Western tour that brought her first to the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Miss KATHARINE LEE BATES, professor of English Literature in Wellesley College, is the author of this hymn, O Beautiful for Spacious Skies. You can lay your head back on the ground,įor this tired old man that we elected king.'America the Beautiful' was inspired by the view from the top of Pikes Peak in Colorado. The History of O Beautiful for Spacious Skies Hymn. ‘O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain’ Alan Jackson is a country music icon. A variety of intriguing techniques will make each refrain fresh and exciting for both listeners and ringers. Challenge your ringers with Alan Lohr’s wonderfully rewarding arrangement of the patriotic tune. Lohr, Alan, SoundForth Publications / Lorenz Co. National Parks, O Beautiful for Spacious Skies. O Beautiful for Spacious Skies Ward, Samuel A., arr. End of the Innocence LyricsĪnd we’ve been poisoned by these fairy tales. Originally conceptualized to capture the vacation trip that many European tourists take through the U.S. This sound is quite different from his work with The Eagles. The song hits home because this is a theme that everyone has wrestled with at some point in their life: you might refer to it as “the end of your innocence” or just “growing up”. There are moments when the song sounds bright-as we remember happier days-and times the music sounds darker-like during the sax solo at the end.

The song’s tone is nostalgic: Henley does that well.

#O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS PROFESSIONAL#

At what moments in your life did your innocence end? There is a moment when you realize, I am not going to be a professional baseball player, am I? Of specific importance to him (or at least the ones he discusses in this song) are the disillusionment related to the breakup of his parents, the corruption of the Reagan administration and saying goodbye to his first love. O Beautiful For Spacious Skies, For Amber Waves Of Grain, For Purple Mountain Majesties Above The Fruited Plain America America God Shed His Grace On Thee, And Crown Thy Good With Brotherhood From Sea To Shining Sea O Beautiful For Pilgrim Feet, Whose Stern, Impassioned Stress A Thoroughfare For Freedom Beat Across The Wilderness America. Each of us experience many of these throughout our lives. Henley calls this the “end of the innocence”. Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness America America God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law 1 O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved. This song is about three examples in the narrator’s life about times when he realizes the that the fairy-tales he’s been told his whole life won’t match reality. Can you hear that is Bruce Hornsby? He cowrote this song with Henley.