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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... writing , one that hit the heart like a dose of sunshine , a wave of elation . When I sang " Amazing Grace , " my heart soared . My soul seemed to heal , and all the power and strength of those southern Methodists , with their fierce de ...
... writing his monumental song in 1772 , would become a fierce , lifelong opponent of slavery , a fighter for abolition , as well as a writer of hymns . She knew only , as I did , that " Amazing Grace " had a power to transform and give ...
... writing classes at the George Lucas School of Cinema at the University of Southern California . She encouraged me in my conviction that John Newton's life contained all the elements of great drama . Then , just as I was considering writing ...
... written . On the musical side I had useful correspondence with Peter van der Merwe , author of Origins of the Popular Style : The Antecedents of Twentieth - Century Popular Music ( Oxford University Press , 1989 ) , who drew my ...
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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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