Ward wrote the melody for 'Materna' on his way home from a trip to Coney Island, an amusement park at a beach in Brooklyn, New York. The tune just popped into his head as he stood riding on the boat back to Newark. Unfortunately, he never got to hear his melody used for 'America, the Beautiful.' The words and melody were first joined in November of 1904, and Samuel died on September 28, 1903.
Ward wrote the melody for 'Materna' on his way home from a trip to Coney Island, an amusement park at a beach in Brooklyn, New York. The tune just popped into his head as he stood riding on the boat back to Newark. Unfortunately, he never got to hear his melody used for 'America, the Beautiful.' The words and melody were first joined in November of 1904, and Samuel died on September 28, 1903.
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