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 Hen­ry Cut­ler; a brass plaque in his mem­o­ry was placed on the par­ish house there in 1934. Ward al­so founded New­ark’s Or­phe­us Club in 1889. In the sec­u­lar world, he is best re­mem­bered for his tune “Materna,” used for the an­them Amer­i­ca the Beau­ti­ful.

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1. Materna