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For The Beauty Of The Earth
A beautiful and stirring old hymn appreciated around the world – For The Beauty Of The Earth Written by Folliott Sandord Peirpoint Arrangement by John Milford Rutter CBE (born 24 September 1945) is a...
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History & Spirit In Song – I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrows – 1913
Apropos In These Unsettled & Uncertain Days – And Not Unpredictable Black Swans “Man of Constant Sorrow” is a traditional American folk song first recorded by Dick Burnett, a partially blind...
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Heritage & Spirit In Song –‘It Is Well With My Soul’– 1873
A piece of American music that has given voice to the heartache of millions worldwide who have suffered life’s travails and losses, at the same time offering the balm of trust in God and of seeing lost...
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Spirit & Heritage In Song –‘Hard Times Come Again No More’– 1854
This old song written in the American antebellum period reflects the turmoil that roiled the nation preceding the Civil War. From the growing differences and violence between the states over slavery...
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Spirit & Heritage In Song –‘Simple Gifts’– 1848
A lovely early American song inspired from the communal, agrarian culture of the utopian minded Shaker religious sect. Performed as a vocal and instrumental as both hymn and secular music evoking a...
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Spirit & Heritage In Song –‘Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing’– 1758
Both the words and music are of English authors. But the song has been a favorite of generations of Americans drawn by the song’s expression of longing for God’s presence, forgiveness of sin, fount...
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Spirit & Heritage In Song –‘Slumber My Darling’– 1862
Slumber My Darling A beautiful old American lullaby written by Stephen Foster in the midst of the American War Between The States. A song of devotion, compassion, tenderness and protection, apt for...
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Spirit & Heritage In Song – Star Spangled-Banner – 1814
Star-Spangled Banner History of the music The Battle For The Soul Of America Independence In The Balance The year was 1814, and barely 30 years after the end of the Revolutionary War the United...
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Spirit & Heritage In Song –‘Trust And Obey’– 1886
Trust And Obey Daniel TownerDuring the latter quarter of the 19th century the United States was caught up in a period of social and religious change. The wrenching War Between the States was twenty...
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Spirit & Heritage In Song –“Whiter Than Snow” c. 1872
Spirit & Heritage In Song is a series highlighting Traditional American Music. In the last half century many of these traditional songs have been forgotten in the crush of contemporary music and...
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