Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved SongHarper Collins, 2009 M10 13 - 304 páginas Behind our most beloved hymn is a fascinating story spanning continents, cultures, and centuries. Inspired by the way "Amazing Grace" continues to change and grow in popularity, acclaimed music writer Steve Turner embarks on a journey to trace the life of the hymn, from Olney, England, where it was written by former slave trader John Newton, to tiny Plantain Island off the coast of Africa, where Newton was held captive for almost a year, to the Kentucky-Tennessee border and other parts of the South, where the hymn first began to spread. Newton had been rescued from Africa by a merchant ship when, during an eleven-hour storm on the Atlantic, he converted to Christianity. Years later, as a minister, he wrote the hymn for use among his congregation. Through the nineteenth century, "Amazing Grace" appeared in more and more hymn books, and in the twentieth century it rose to a gospel and folk standard before exploding into pop music. It has been recorded by artists as varied as Elvis Presley, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Tiny Tim, Al Green, Johnny Cash, Rod Stewart, Chet Baker, and Destiny's Child. Amazing Grace closely examines this modern history of the hymn through personal interviews with recording artists. From John Newton's incredible life story to the hymn's role in American spirituality and culture, Amazing Grace is an illuminating, thorough, and unprecedented musical history. |
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... Mary Louise van Dyke , José Maria Furtado , Dr. Christopher Fyfe , Father Michael Gilligan , Judith Gray , Clinton Heylin , Andrew Jackson , Erik James , Bob Laughton , Anne Morton , Rob Orlemans , Glenda Osborne , John Pollock ...
... MARY CATLETT , 1744 ohn Newton , a seventeen - year - old sailor , was standing on the deck of a ship anchored off Venice in the Spring of 1743. The sun was just slipping beneath the horizon . Out of the shadows came a figure that ...
... Mary , aged three , and John , aged one , and the mothers had a private joke that their firstborn , separated by only four years , might one day become husband and wife . At the Catlett home , the ailing Elizabeth Newton would have been ...
... Mary- sometimes known as Polly - was now a vivacious fourteen - year - old with a talent for putting others at ease . Newton never described her physically and rarely referred to her character , but whatever it was that she had , it ...
... Mary rather than returning home . His last visit to the Catletts had changed the course of his life by nixing his Caribbean ad- venture , and this visit would alter it in yet another way . For such a major event , Newton was ...
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Captive in Africa | 21 |
MidAtlantic Crisis | 33 |
Slave Captain | 49 |
Olney Hymns | 67 |
Abolition | 91 |
DISSEMINATION | 111 |
In the Folk Tradition | 161 |
Into the Charts | 177 |
Icon | 195 |
Understanding Grace | 211 |
APPENDICES | 225 |
Amazing Grace Lists | 227 |
Select Discography | 231 |
Whos Who | 241 |
Meeting the Music | 113 |
Spread by Revival | 131 |
The Gospel Sound | 147 |
Select Bibliography | 257 |
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Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Song Steve Turner Sin vista previa disponible - 2009 |
Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Song Steve Turner Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |
Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Song Steve Turner Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |
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