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[Amazing grace! how sweet the sound] (Simpson-Curenton)

[Amazing grace! how sweet the sound] (Simpson-Curenton)

Arranger: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953
Published in 2 hymnals


Arranger: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953

Evelyn Simpson Curenton (born 1953) is a leading African-American composer, pianist, organist, and vocalist. Simpson Curenton began piano lessons at age 5, began to perform with the Singing Simpsons of Philadelphia, a family group, and earned a B.M., Music Education and Voice from Temple University. She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (later renamed Opera North). Based in the Washington, D.C., area, Curenton is… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Amazing grace! how sweet the sound] (Simpson-Curenton)
Arranger: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953
Key: C Major
Copyright: Arr. © 2000, GIA Publications, Inc.

Texts

Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)

Amazing grace (how sweet the sound)
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
was blind, but now I see.

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Instances

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Text

African American Heritage Hymnal #272

Text

Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #496

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