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"Glory" is a song by American rapper Common (Lonnie Lynn, as awarded) and American singer John Legend. It was written by John Legend, Common, and Rhymefest . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The song was released on December 11, 2014, by Columbia Records as the theme song from the 2014 film Selma , which portrays the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches .
"Glory, Glory" (also known as "When I Lay My Burden Down", "Since I Laid My Burden Down", "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah" and other titles) is an American spiritual song, which has been recorded by many artists in a variety of genres, including folk, country, blues, rock, and gospel.
O That Will Be Glory", also known as "The Glory Song", with words and music by Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932), was first published in 1900. In 1914, J. H. Hall claimed that the song had been translated into at least 17 languages and that at least 17 million copies of the song were then in print. [ 1 ]
Glory, Hallelujah: Civil War Songs and Hymns, Stoughton: PineTree Press, 2012. Jackson, Popular Songs of Nineteenth-Century America, note on "Battle Hymn of the Republic", pp. 263–64. McWhirter, Christian. Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2012. ISBN 1469613670.
Like the 1816 "Angels from the Realms of Glory", the lyrics of "Angels We Have Heard on High" are inspired by, but not an exact translation of, the traditional French carol known as "Les Anges dans nos campagnes" ("the angels in our countryside"), whose first known publication was in 1842. [3] The music was attributed to "W. M.".
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton (1725–1807). It is possibly the most sung and most recorded hymn in the world, and especially popular in the United States, where it is used for both religious and secular purposes.
The Herald Angels sing, / 'Glory to the new-born King ' ". [2] In 1840—a hundred years after the publication of Hymns and Sacred Poems—Mendelssohn composed a cantata to commemorate Johannes Gutenberg's invention of movable type, and it is music from this cantata, adapted by the English musician William H. Cummings to fit the lyrics of "Hark ...
The music to which the words of the refrain 'Land of Hope and Glory, &c' [a] below are set is the 'trio' theme from Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1. [1] The words were fitted to the melody on the suggestion of King Edward VII who told Elgar he thought the melody would make a great song.