Variations on "America"
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Variations on "America" is a composition for organ by the American composer Charles Ives first performed in 1892 for an Independence Day celebration.
Charles Ives' graduation portrait from Yale University, c. June 1898
My Country, 'Tis of Thee
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"My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as "America", is an American patriotic song whose lyrics were written by Samuel Francis Smith. The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the Uni
Variations on "America"
…performed in 1892 for an Independence Day celebration. Composed in 1891 when Ives was seventeen, it is an arrangement of a traditional tune, known as "America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)" (words by Samuel Francis Smith), and was at the time the de facto anthem of the United States. The tune is also widely recognised in Thomas Arne's…
Aretha Franklin singing "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" at the first inauguration of Barack Obama (January 20, 2009)