ZEPHYR (Bradbury)

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: ZEPHYR (Bradbury)
Composer: William B. Bradbury (1844)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 55561 65324 32354
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #718
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #6348
Text: Stretched on the Cross, the Savior Dies
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #7670
Text: Why Should We Start, and Fear to Die?
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #10562
Text: So Fades The Lovely, Blooming Flower
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

Instances (1 - 11 of 11)
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #718

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #539

Clarion Call #12

Audio

Small Church Music #5717

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6348

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #7670

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #10562

TextPage Scan

ترانيم الإيمان #61

تسابيح المحبة #366b

TextPage Scan

نظم المرامير #350

TextPage Scan

نظم المرامير #351

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