Daniel [collection] : or, The captivity and restoration : a sacred cantata in three parts / words selected and prepared by C.M. Cady ; assisted by Miss F.J. Crosby ; music composed by George F. Root and William B. Bradbury. 188-?

Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895

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Composer, music educator and president of Root & Sons Music Co., Chicago, Ill. Acquaintance of Abby Hutchinson Patton a famous singer (Hutchinson Family Singers) and song writer of the nineteenth century. Also a campaigner for Abraham Lincoln and member of the Executive Committee of the American Equal Rights Association after the Civil War. From the description of Letter, June 26, 1891. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54354828 Geo...

Bradbury, William B.

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William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, organist, pianist, conductor, and teacher; born Oct. 6, 1816, York, Me., died Jan. 7, 1868, Montclair, N.J. From the description of William B. Bradbury collection, 1846-1928 (bulk 1847-1862). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71054496 Musician, composer, and piano manufacturer. From the description of Licenses of William B. Bradbury, 1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451200 Biographica...

Cady, C. M. (Chauncey Marvin), 1824-1889

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Crosby, Fanny, 1820-1915

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Hymn writer; born in 1820; became blind shortly after birth; studied and taught at New York City Institution for the blind, where she achieved a reputation as a poet; was converted during a revival meeting, 1850; married blind musician and composer Alexander Van Alstyne, 1858; wrote first hymn, 1864; hymns were transcribed as dictated and published primarily by Bigelow and Main Company; wrote approximately 6,000 hymns; died 1915. From the description of Hymn lyric manuscripts of Fann...