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William Bradbury
- Birth: October 6, 1816, York, Maine
- Death: January 7, 1868 Montclair, New Jersey
William Batchelder Bradbury was born in York, Maine. He studied organ and voice under Lowell Mason, and became an accomplished organist and choir director. His first position was organist for a small church, for which he would receive $25.00 per year. However he soon found out that this particular organ required the organist to pull up the keys after pressing them down, in order to stop the sound. He immediately requested that his pay be doubled, as there was twice the work to be done.
Bradbury was significant in church and choral music in America. He published at least fifty-nine different hymnbooks, and organized the Juvenile Music Festivals in New York. After studying in Germany, he started music conventions in New Jersey. He compiled over 50 collections of Sunday-school songs, including Devotional Hymns and Tune Book, 1864, Fresh Laurels for the Sabbath School, 1867, and Bright Jewels, 1869. Many tunes he composed remain popular today.
Page numbers in Trinity Hymnal (1990) and The Worshiping Church (1990)
| Title | Trinity | Worshiping |
|---|---|---|
| He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought | 600 | 635 |
| Holy Bible, Book Divine | 137 | |
| I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old | 190 | |
| Jesus Loves Me, This I Know | 189 | 470 |
| Just As I Am, without One Plea | 501 | 445 |
| My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less | 521 | |
| Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us | 599 | |
| Sweet Hour of Prayer | 634 | 623 |
| The Solid Rock | 517 | |
| There Is No Name So Sweet on Earth | 178 | |
| 'Tis Midnight; and on Olive's Brow | 249 | 220 |