Composer

William Batchelder Bradbury

1816–1868 · York, Maine · United States

Raised on a Maine farm, Bradbury became a church organist at fifteen after his family moved to Boston, where he studied under Lowell Mason. In New York he ran singing schools and children's music festivals that helped bring music into the public school curriculum. He edited 59 collections of sacred and secular music and, with his brother, founded a piano company.

Tunes

19

Lived

1816–1868

Hymnals

2