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[Lord, I hear of showers of blessing] (Bradbury)

[Lord, I hear of showers of blessing] (Bradbury)

Composer: William B. Bradbury (1862)
Published in 353 hymnals


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Composer: William B. Bradbury

William Bachelder Bradbury USA 1816-1868. Born at York, ME, he was raised on his father's farm, with rainy days spent in a shoe-shop, the custom in those days. He loved music and spent spare hours practicing any music he could find. In 1830 the family moved to Boston, where he first saw and heard an organ and piano, and other instruments. He became an organist at 15. He attended Dr. Lowell Mason's singing classes, and later sang in the Bowdoin Street church choir. Dr. Mason became a good friend. He made $100/yr playing the organ, and was still in Dr. Mason's choir. Dr. Mason gave him a chance to teach singing in Machias, ME, which he accepted. He returned to Boston the following year to marry Adra Esther Fessenden in 1838, then rel… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Lord, I hear of showers of blessing] (Bradbury)
Composer: William B. Bradbury (1862)
Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain
Incipit: 34514 33223 42171
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Organ Solo

  • Clayton's Organ Melodies No. 2: A Collection of Beloved Hymns and Gospel Songs
    Composer/Editor Norman J. Clayton
    Published By: The Rodeheaver Company (1965) pp. 24

Piano Solo

  • Clayton Piano Melodies No. 3
    Composer/Editor Norman J. Clayton
    Published By: Norman Clayton Publishing Company (1968) pp. 26
  • Worship Hymns for Piano
    Composer/Editor Winifred Lamb Winans
    Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1965) pp. 4

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #829
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #1379
Text: Even Me
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #3980
Text: Lord, Thou Knowest All the Hunger
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #14094
Text: Seigneur, Tu Donnes Ta Grace
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #15112
Text: Herre, Du Velsigner Alle
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

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Himnos de la Iglesia #480

TextPage Scan

Hymns of Faith #413

Nyimbo za Imani Yetu #26

Text

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #167

TextPage Scan

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #133

Sheng tu shi ge = Hymnary (聖徒詩歌) #422

Audio

Small Church Music #2349

Text

Songs of Zion #174

Text

The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #463

TextPage Scan

The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #464

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #1379

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #3980

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #14094

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #15112

Text

Total Praise #449

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