De la mano, Señor

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De la mano, Señor, guíame cual pastor

Translator: Braulio Pérez Marcio (1851); Author: Thomas Andrew Dorsey (1932)
Tune: MAITLAND (Allen)
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Piano/Organ
	Six Gospel Hymn Preludes

Translator: Braulio Pérez Marcio

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Author: Thomas Andrew Dorsey

Thomas Andrew Dorsey was born in Villa Rica, a small rural town near Atlanta, Georgia. In 1919 he moved to Chicago. Most of his musical training was in the church, but he also studied and played jazz and blues. He later combined jazz and blues with religious texts, giving birth to gospel music. In 1931, along with Magnolia Lewis-Butts and Theodore Roosevelt Frye, he established the first gospel choir at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Chicago. He went on to lead the gospel choir at Pilgrim Baptist Church, which he led for 60 years. Dorsey was also instrumental in founding the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses (NCGCC) in 1933. The convention taught choirs all over the country how to sing gospel music. Dianne Shapiro, from "Gosp… Go to person page >

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First Line:	De la mano, Señor, guíame cual pastor
Title:	De la mano, Señor
English Title:	Precious Lord, Take My Hand
Author:	Thomas Andrew Dorsey (1932)
Translator:	Braulio Pérez Marcio (1851)
Language:	Spanish
Copyright:	© 1983 (Renewed) Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

Isaiah 41:13
(hymns)

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MAITLAND (Allen)

PRECIOUS LORD, the tune Thomas Dorsey used for his most beloved hymn, "Precious Lord, take my hand", is an adaptation of MAITLAND. Sometimes Dorsey is shown as the composer, sometimes as the arranger or adapter the tune. MAITLAND is often attributed to Allen, but the earliest known sources (H.W. Bee…

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