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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... felt was an illegal and immoral war . I had prayed and marched for peace and wondered if peace would ever come . The year I recorded " Amazing Grace , " American troops were still in Viet- nam and would be for another four years . By ...
... felt that the available church music was inadequate . The prevailing belief that only adapta- tions of Psalms were appropriate for congregational singing was se- verely limiting . Watts wanted to write songs that used " the common sense ...
... felt that he had been turned into a " dolt . " Partial relief came in his second year through the teaching of a new master who " observed and suited my temper . " Aware of Newton's sen- sitive nature , this teacher began to develop his ...
... felt released from the demands of orthodox faith but without the attendant fear of judg- ment . Understanding Shaftesbury's lofty ideas made him feel superior to those who meekly accepted the teachings of the church . He wasn't in love ...
... felt that he was mistakenly creat- ing an unsustainable synthesis of Shaftesbury's deistic ideas and New Testament Christianity , and like the shadowy accuser in the dream of the gold ring he persuaded him to give up . Many years later ...
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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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