First Publication | 1835 in The Southern Harmony |
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Genre Categories | Sacred hymns; Hymns; Religious works; |
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Work Title | Amazing Grace |
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Alternative. Title | New Britain ; Harmony Grove |
Composer | Anonymous |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IA 31 |
Key | C major |
Text Incipit | Amazing grace! How sweet the sound |
First Publication. | 1835 in The Southern Harmony |
Librettist | John Newton (1725–1807) |
Language | English |
Piece Style | Traditional (folk) |
Instrumentation | 3-part chorus (SSB or TTB) |
External Links | Wikipedia article The Southern Harmony, 1854 ed. (p.8) |
Extra Information | N.B. This page refers only to the familiar New Britain melody, not to other settings of Newton's text. Walker's melody is an amalgamation of two other hymn melodies ("Gallaher" and "St. Mary"), first published in the Columbian Harmony by Charles H. Spilman and Benjamin Shaw (Cincinnati, 1829) |