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<h2>Samuel Augustus Ward</h2>
<h2>1847-1903</h2>
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<p><em>Born:</em> December 28, 1847, Newark, New Jersey.</p>
<p><em>Died:</em> September 28, 1903, Newark, New Jersey.</p>
<p class="just">Ward studied music under Jan Pychowski and others in New York City, and founded a music store in Newark. He became organist at Grace Episcopal Church, Newark, in 1880, succeeding <a href = "./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_c_u_cutler_hs.html" >Henry Cutler</a>; a brass plaque in his memory was placed on the parish house there in 1934. Ward also founded Newark&#8217;s Orpheus Club in 1889. In the secular world, he is best remembered for his tune &#8220;Materna,&#8221; used for the anthem <em>America the
Beautiful</em>.</p>
<p><em>Music:</em></p>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_g_i_gisourrs.html" >Materna</a></li>
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