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My Purchased Files| Text: | O Beautiful for Spacious Skies |
| Author: | Katharine Lee Bates |
| Tune: | MATERNA |
| Composer: | Samuel Augustus Ward |
532. O Beautiful for Spacious Skies
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | O beautiful for spacious skies |
| Title: | O Beautiful for Spacious Skies |
| Author: | Katharine Lee Bates (1893, alt.) |
| Meter: | CMD |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1998 |
| Topic: | Nation; Pilgrim Heritage |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MATERNA |
| Composer: | Samuel Augustus Ward (1882) |
| Meter: | CMD |
| Key: | B♭ Major |
Text Information:
Bates, who headed the English department at Wellesley, wrote this hymn on viewing the sunrise from the summit of Pikes Peak. The 'alabaster cities' is the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago
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