William Batchelder Bradbury

William Batchelder Bradbury ( born October 6, 1816 in York, Maine; † January 7, 1868 in Montclair, New Jersey) was an American composer.

Bradbury was in his youth a pupil of Lowell Mason and graduated in Boston training as a pianist and organist. He lived in Maine since 1834 and worked from 1841 as a church organist at the First Baptist Church and choir director in New York City. From 1847 to 1849 he lived in England and Germany, where he completed his musical education. Following in the footsteps of his teacher, Lowell Mason, he devoted himself particularly to the musical education of children. He organized in New York annual music festivals, which were attended by over a thousand children.

Bradbury composed the two Sunday school cantatas Daniel and Esther, who enjoyed until the end of the 19th century great popularity. He also wrote many hymns, and published some sixty collections of songs and choruses. Especially popular was The Jubilee of 1858.

  • Composer ( romance )
  • American composer
  • Composer ( church music )
  • Born in 1816
  • Died in 1868
  • Man
821731
de