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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... trading in the Mediterranean , and each voyage would take him away from home for up to three years . Despite having been educated by Jesuits in Spain he was not , according to his son , " affected by religion " and was rather pompous ...
... trade or an ap- petite for business he had no option but to keep sailing . His father was concerned about his lack of ambition , so to develop his self - reliance , found him work with a merchant friend in Alicante , a port on the ...
... trading in the Mediterranean . This time though he wouldn't be able to take refuge in the captain's cabin . He was out on his own for the first time , working alongside the world - weary sailors who would have little time for his ...
... trade with Africa , to ask if he could get him out or at least have him transferred to a merchant ship . Although he was in regular contact with the Admiralty by post , Captain Newton's influence wasn't that great . The fragile ...
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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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