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Amazing grace : the story of America's most beloved song /
Documents the history of the popular American hymn, noting the inspiration of its writing by John Newton, its nineteenth- and twentieth-century rise to a gospel and folk standard, and its recording by various top artists.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Ecco,
©2002.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1.
- Creation
- 1.
- Press-ganged
- 2.
- Captive in Africa
- 3.
- Mid-Atlantic crisis
- 4.
- Slave captain
- 5.
- Olney hymns
- 6.
- Abolition
- pt. 2.
- Dissemination
- 7.
- Meeting the music
- 8.
- Spread by revival
- 9.
- The gospel sound
- 10.
- In the folk tradition
- 11.
- Into the charts
- 12.
- Icon
- 13.
- Understanding grace.