Classic Hymns and Their Stories
Puzzle 50 · American Gospel Song · Page 74 in print
William Bradbury
While preparing The Young Choir in 1841, William Bradbury asked Thomas Hastings to correct his music.
Jump to a word
The words
Boehme
His voice teacher.
Bradbury
The composer William Batchelder Bradbury.
Hastings
Thomas Hastings, who corrected music for that book.
Hauptmann
His harmony teacher.
Jenny Lind
The singer Bradbury met in London.
Machias
The town where he taught singing schools.
Maine
The state of his birth and early teaching.
Montclair
His final home.
New Brunswick
The Canadian province where he taught.
Piano Maker
Bradbury’s manufacturing role.
School Singer
An 1842 collection by Bradbury.
Spring Street
The New York church where Bradbury taught a large class.
Wenzel
His piano and organ teacher.
York
His Maine birthplace.
Young Choir
Bradbury’s 1841 collection for young singers.
Sources
- William BradburyJ. H. Hall, Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers (1914), public domain, transcribed by Hymnology Archive