Variations on "America" is a composition for organ by the American composer Charles Ives first performed in 1892 for an Independence Day celebration. == Composition == 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.
Variations on "America" is a composition for organ by the American composer Charles Ives first performed in 1892 for an Independence Day celebration. == Composition == 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.
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