William bradbury biography
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Spartacus Educational
William Bradbury was born in Bakewell, Derbyshire, in 1800. After leaving school he became an apprentice compositor in Lincoln. Bradbury moved to London in 1824 and began a printing business at 76 Fleet Street in partnership with his brother-in-law William Dent.
In 1830 Bradbury formed a partnership with the printer Frederick Mullett Evans in Bouverie Street. In July 1833 Bradbury and Evans moved the printing works to nearby Lombard Street where they installed a large, steam-driven cylinder press, that was ideal for printing newspapers and magazines. As his biographer, Robert L. Patten , has pointed out: "This and some twenty smaller machines were kept running round the clock six days a week, with men working in relays, thus achieving a level of productivity that soon gained Bradbury and Evans a reputation as one of the most efficient printing firms in Britain."
Patten has argued: "After opening a printing works dominated by a large steam-drive
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Center For Church Music, Songs & Hymns
William Bradbury
- Birth: October 6, 1816, York, Maine
- Death: January 7, 1868 Montclair, New Jersey
William Batchelder Bradbury was born in York, Maine. He studied organ and voice under Lowell Mason, and became an accomplished organist and choir director. His first position was organist for a small church, for which he would receive $25.00 per year. However he soon found out that this particular organ required the organist to pull up the keys after pressing them down, in order to stop the sound. He immediately requested that his pay be doubled, as there was twice the work to be done.
Bradbury was significant in church and choral music in America. He published at least fifty-nine different hymnbooks, and organized the Juvenile Music Festivals in New York. After studying in Germany, he started music conventions in New Jersey. He compiled over 50 collections of Sunday-school songs, including Devotional Hymns and Tune Book, 1
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William B. Bradbury: Composer of Hymns
by Jacob Henry Hall
The church going people of to-day are generally familiar with the name Wm. B. Bradbury. Many have cherished that name from childhood. Most of us began our musical experiences by singing his songs, and as early experiences are the most lasting, we will carry these melodies, with their happy associations, through life.
Mr. Bradbury, in his day, created a style of juvenile music, especially Sunday-school music, that swept the country. He set the pattern for his successors in Sunday-school song-making, and those who have harped on the key-note that he struck have been most successful. True, we have improved some in the way of hymns, and a smoother voicing of the parts, but there are still many Sunday-school song writers who regard Mr. Bradbury's writings as the ideal.
William Batchelder Bradbury was born at York, York County, Maine, [United States], October 6, 1816. He came of a good family. He spent the first few years of h