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Sunday, March 25. 2007

Amazing Grace

Walter Turnbull, founder and conductor of the Boy's Choir of Harlem, died Friday at 62.

Judy Collins with the Harlem Boy's Choir. YouTube. That old Scottish bagpipe tune will get you every time - even though Judy's version is a bit too white bread for my taste.

Posted by Opie in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 05:45 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)

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I saw 'Amazing Grace' over the weekend, and the most effective scenes in the whole movie were Wilberforce singing the hymn in the club after being offered the Duke of Clarence's black driver as a wager, and the congregation opening his wedding with it.

I've always been mystified about why mainline Protestants are compelled to sing Amazing Grace 'shuck and jive' style since it's not really a spiritual. Our church choir did a creditable version a couple weeks ago but they are way too over-weight, over-fifty, and Lutheran to pull it off.

What struck me about the song as performed in the movie was how it was given the same quality as Onward, Christian Soldiers or Battle Hymn of the Republic. This was reemphasized by the Irish Guards piping the song at the end. It seems to be a quality that many mainline Protestants are sorely lacking.
#1 Chris B on 2007-03-26 10:46 (Reply)

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