AMAZING GRACE

Steven Wagner - Stevan Vagner, Collegium melodium, Podrum vecnih melodija, World music museum, present The new version of spot / Amazing grace in Belgrade /, with fabulous DEBORA ODAME - KENTOE and Great BANKO Bankovic. "Amazing Grace" is one of the most recognizable Christian hymns in the English-speaking world. The text by English poet and Anglican clergyman John Newton (1725–1807) was first published in 1779. The words describe in first person the move of a "wretch" from a "lost" to a "found" state by a merciful act of God. The melody, "New Britain", was first published in 1829 by Charles H. Spilman and Benjamin Shaw (Cincinnati). Unattributed to any composer, the melody combines two earlier melodies ("Gallaher" and "St. Mary") and possibly represents a confluence of oral traditions. "New Britain" was wedded to Newton's text in 1835 by composer William Walker to form the hymn familiar today.[1]