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Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Music CD)

This recording honors the enduring vitality of folk hymns and spirituals and their ability to anchor the soul in faith. From the sturdy strains of “Saints Bound for Heaven” and the fervent entreaty of “I Want Jesus to Walk with Me” to one of the most popular folk hymns of all time, “Amazing Grace,” these songs and hymns gave comfort, hope, and confidence to the early American pioneers. Their power and simplicity still inspire us today.

  • Saints Bound for Heaven
  • My Song in the Night
  • We'll Shout and Give Him Glory
  • His Voice As the Sound
  • How Bright Is the Day
  • Death Shall Not Destroy My Comfort
  • My God, My Portion and My Love
  • Bound For the Promised Land
  • I Want Jesus to Walk With Me
  • Old-Time Religion
  • The Battle of Jericho
  • Deep River
  • Down to the River to Pray
  • Rock-A-My-Soul In the Bosom of Abraham
  • Softly and Tenderly Amazing Grace
  • Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

 

Mormon Tabernacle Choir

 

The 360 members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir represent men and women from many different backgrounds and professions and range in age from 25 to 60. They reflect a medley of unique lives and experiences and are brought together by their love for singing and their faith. Their incomparable voices are the common chord that unites to form the choral group known all over the world as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir originated in the mid-19th century in Salt Lake City. As the Latter-day Saints moved west, Church President Brigham Young included musicians among members of the advance parties. Consequently, a small choir first sang for a conference of the Church in the Salt Lake Valley on August 22, 1847, just 29 days after the first group arrived. The origins of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir may be found in the desire and commitment of early converts to include appropriate music in both sacred and secular events.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has appeared at 13 world's fairs and expositions, performed at the inaugurations of five U.S. presidents, and sung for numerous worldwide telecasts and special events. Five of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's recordings have achieved "gold record" and two have achieved "platinum record" status. The most popular was the Grammy-Award-winning 1959 release of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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