- The musical piece is "God Bless America," arranged by Joseph M. Martin for S.S.A.A. voices with accompaniment.
- The tempo marking at the beginning is "Moderately, slowly building (♩ = ca. 94)" for the accompaniment part.
- At measure 7, the tempo changes to "poco rit." (a little slower) for the vocal parts and the accompaniment.
- Starting at measure 8, the new tempo marking is "Stately (♩ = ca. 86)" for both the vocal parts and the accompaniment.
- The text under the soprano 1 and alto 1 staves begins with "
A - mer - i - ca, A - mer - i - ca, God" and includes the note " Tune: MATERNA, Samuel A. Ward (1847-1903); Words: Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929)."
- The copyright information indicates the original work was copyrighted in 1938 and 1939 by Irving Berlin, with renewals in 1965 and 1966.
- The arrangement is copyrighted in 2012 and 2018 by the Trustees of the God Bless America Fund.
- The score includes a notice that duplication is illegal and not granted by CCLI, LicenSing, or OneLicense.net licenses.
- Additional available arrangements include SATB, TTBB, orchestration, brass and percussion, and a StudioTrax CD.
- The website choral-musicdirect.com is provided for purchasing and downloading digital scores and audio mp3s.
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