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Thread #6822   Message #3938680
Posted By: GUEST,Samuel J. Hardman
21-Jul-18 - 05:11 PM
Thread Name: Melodies for Amazing Grace
Subject: RE: Melodies for Amazing Grace
Many thanks. The famous melody we now associate with "Amazing Grace" first appeared in "Columbian Harmony" in 1829,
and also in "The Virginia Harmony" in 1831. However, the melody was first "married" to John Newton's "Amazing Grace" in William ("Singing Billy") Walker's "The Southern Harmony" in 1835. Indeed, this must have been a marriage made in heaven!