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Track(s) taken from SIGCD572

Amazing grace – New Britain

First line:
Amazing grace
composer
Anonymous - traditional
arranger
Richard Wilberforce (b1984)
author of text
John Newton (1725-1807)

Huddersfield Choral Society, Gregory Batsleer (conductor)
Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
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Recording details: July 2018
Huddersfield Town Hall, United Kingdom
Produced by Tim Thorne
Engineered by Mike Hatch & James Waterhouse
Release date: April 2019
Total duration: 3 minutes 28 seconds
 

Amazing grace has words by John Newton, published as long ago as 1779, while the tune known as 'New Britain' is traditional. Newton’s personal experience in being saved from a storm at sea inspired in him a spiritual conversion. He was ordained as a clergyman in 1764. Published in 1829, the familiar melody 'New Britain' is an amalgam of two previously existing tunes.

from notes by Phillip Borg-Wheeler © 2019

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