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: ["Be ye kind one to another"—Words are these of purest gold]First Line: "Be ye kind one to another"—Words are these of purest goldComposer: George F. RootDate: 1936
Tune Title: SECRET OF THY PRESENCEFirst Line: In the secret of Thy presenceComposer: George F. Root, 1820-1895Meter: 87.87 D with RefrainKey: F Major or modalDate: 2022
Tune Title: [We shall meet, but we shall miss him]First Line: We shall meet, but we shall miss himComposer: George F. RootIncipit: 55556 55155 55652Key: A♭ MajorDate: 1930
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