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As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in ...
The song "Amazing Grace" was first performed on New Year's Day, 1773, and has gone through many changes over the years. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: You know those songs that you just kind of know?
Crowds of people brave the rain to see the ceremonial reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral five years after it was gutted by fire, in Paris, Dec. 7, 2024. The second-largest group of donors to the ...
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Almost 200 years after Newton wrote its lyrics, “Amazing Grace” became the ballad of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, it was sung at many Martin Luther King Jr. rallies by ...
Amazing Grace has since been recorded by artists as diverse as Susan Boyle and Sufjan Stevens, and has figured in ceremonies of national grief, from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to 9/11.
2023 is the 250th anniversary year of "Amazing Grace." It was first performed on New Year's Day, 1773, and has gone through many changes over the years.
In Amazing Grace: A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn, James Walvin analyzes the history and cultural significance of this beloved hymn, from its composition to the present.
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The origins of “Amazing Grace” are themselves well established: “Faith’s Review and Expectation,” as it was originally titled, was written in 1772 by a Church of England clergyman who ...