Samuel A. Ward

Samuel Augustus Ward (December 28, 1848 – September 28, 1903) was an American organist and composer.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of a shoemaker,[1] he studied under several teachers in New York and became an organist at Grace Episcopal Church in his home town in 1880.

[1] He is remembered for the 1882 tune "Materna", which he intended as a setting for the hymn "O Mother Dear, Jerusalem".

[1] Ward was founder and first director of the Orpheus Club of Newark,[3][4] where he died on September 28, 1903.

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