[O troubled heart, why seek in vain]

[O troubled heart, why seek in vain]

Composer: Hubert Platt Main, 1839-1925
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Composer: Hubert Platt Main, 1839-1925

Hubert Platt Main DD USA 1839-1925. Born at Ridgefield, CT, he attended singing school as a teenager. In 1854 he went to New York City and worked as an errand boy in a wallpaper house. The next year he became an errand boy in the Bristow & Morse Piano Company. He was an organist, choir leader, and compiled books of music. He also helped his father edit the “Lute Songbook” by Isaac Woodbury. In 1866 he married Olphelia Louise Degraff, and they had two sons: Lucius, and Hubert. In 1867 he filled a position at William B Bradbury’s publishing house. After Bradbury’s death in 1868 the Bigelow & Main Publishers were formed as its successor. He also worked with his father until his father’s death in 1873. Contributors to their… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [O troubled heart, why seek in vain]
Composer: Hubert Platt Main, 1839-1925
Incipit: 55135 54234 26765
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #2234
Text: Hear, and Live!
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