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America, the Beautiful by Samuel Ward, arr by Carmen Dragon

Teacher Katherine Bates wrote the original words to "America, the Beautiful" in 1893 after a trip to 14,000-foot-high Pikes Peak. She revised the words twice. More than 60 different musical settings have been written for Bates' words, but this one by Samuel Augustus Ward is the most popular. The arrangement is by Carmen Dragon, an Oscar- and Emmy-award-winning composer and orchestrator known for his rich, lush arrangements that convey the emotion of the music to audiences.

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