Our Savior Went Where No One's Gone
John Durham Peters teaches and writes on media history and philosophy. He is the MarÃa Rosa Menocal Professor of English and of Film & Media Studies at Yale University.
Ethan F. Wickman is Professor of Music Composition and Theory at the University of Texas at San Antonio.Â
Performance by Sound of Ages.
Crafting a Durham Hymn
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Thomas Durham was born in the early industrial boomtown of Oldham, Lancashire, England in 1828, and joined the church in 1850. He and his first wife Mary Morton survived the harrowing trek across the plains in the Martin handcart company in 1856, and settled in Parowan, Utah, where he was the heart of the community’s musical life, serving as ward choir…
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Very nice! Excellent performance too. Mercifully parallel fifths seem to be a recessive trait that skipped your generations :)