The Library of Congress Amazing Grace. 2007. http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/html/grace/grace-home.html The Library of Congress has launched a new Web site devoted to the history of the hymn “Amazing Grace,” and the Library’s Chasanoff/Elozua Amazing Grace Collection, which is comprised of 3,049 published recordings of the hymn by different individual musicians or musical ensembles. This site is a joint venture of the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, the Music Division, and the American Folklife Center. Since its creation in 1779 in England, “Amazing Grace” has grown in popularity to become one of the best-known musical works in the world. This Web site explores its history through items from the collections of the Library of Congress, from the earliest printing of the song to various performances of it on sound recordings. |
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