Excell

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A publisher named Edwin Othello Excell gave the version of "Amazing Grace" set to "New Britain" immense popularity by publishing it in a series of hymnals that were used in urban churches.

Excell altered some of Walker's music, making it more contemporary and European, giving "New Britain" some distance from its rural folk-music origins.

Excell's version was more palatable for a growing urban middle class and arranged for larger church choirs.

She chose an a cappella arrangement that was close to Edwin Othello Excell's, accompanied by a chorus of amateur singers who were friends of hers.

Where Edwin Othello Excell sought to make the singing of "Amazing Grace" uniform throughout thousands of churches, records allowed artists to improvise with the words and music specific to each audience.