Root, George F., MUS. DOC, born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820. He is much more widely known as a composer of popular music than as a hymn writer. Four of his hymns are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. Nos. 16, 100, 293, and 297. A sympathetic biographical sketch, with portrait, is in The Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter, Sep. 1886. He died Aug. 6, 1895.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >
Tune Title: [My days are gliding swiftly by]First Line: My days are gliding swiftly byComposer: George F. RootMeter: 8.7.8.7. with chorusKey: G MajorDate: 2012
Tune Title: SHINING SHOREFirst Line: All Egypt's eldest sons He struckComposer: George F. Root, 1820-1895Meter: 87.87 D (Iambic)Key: F Major or modalDate: 2010
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