Bradbury, William B. - Social Networks and Archival Context (original) (raw)
William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, organist, pianist, conductor, and teacher; born Oct. 6, 1816, York, Me., died Jan. 7, 1868, Montclair, N.J.
From the description of William B. Bradbury collection, 1846-1928 (bulk 1847-1862). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71054496
Musician, composer, and piano manufacturer.
From the description of Licenses of William B. Bradbury, 1863. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451200
Biographical Sketch
- 1816 October 6: Born William Batchelder Bradbury in York, Maine
- 1830: Family moves to Boston Bradbury studies with Sumner Hill Attends Lowell Mason's Boston Academy of Music Sings in Mason's Boudoin Street Church Choir
- 1830s: Works as an organist and teacher
- 1840: Becomes music director of the First Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York
- 1840s: Introduces the teaching of singing into New York City public schools
- 1841: Becomes music director of Baptist Tabernacle of New York; begins to teach children's singing in a similar style to that of Mason's school in Boston The Young Choir (compiled with Thomas Hastings) is published
- 1847 -49 : Studies piano, singing, harmony, and composition in Europe
- 1849: Returns to United States; continues to teach, compose, and compile collections of hymns
- 1854: Forms Bradbury Piano Company with his brother, Edward G.Bradbury, and Light and Newton, the German piano manufacturers
- 1858: Music collection, The Jubilee, is published, selling over 200,000 copies
- 1861: Music collection, The Golden Chain, is published, selling 2,000,000 copies
- 1867: Music collection, Fresh Laurels, is published, selling 1,200,000 copies
- 1868 Jan. 7: Dies in Montclair, New Jersey
From the guide to the William B. Bradbury Collection, 1846-1928, (bulk 1847-1862), (Music Division Library of Congress)
Archival Resources
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
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associatedWith | Anson D. F. Randolph and Company | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Bigelow & Main | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Biglow and Main | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Biglow & Main | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Breitkopf | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Browning, Robert, 1812-1889. | person |
associatedWith | C. H. Holt | corporateBody |
associatedWith | C. M. Tremaine | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950 | person |
associatedWith | Dyer, S. O. | person |
associatedWith | Firth, Pond, & Co. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Gade, Niels W. (Niels Wilhelm), 1817-1890 | person |
associatedWith | George P. Reed & Co. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | G. P. Newell | person |
associatedWith | Haverlin, Carl, 1899-1985, | person |
associatedWith | Hodges family | family |
associatedWith | Joachim, Joseph, 1831-1907 | person |
associatedWith | Kennedy, James Paul. | person |
associatedWith | Lind, Jenny, 1820-1887 | person |
associatedWith | Lortzing, Albert, 1801-1851 | person |
associatedWith | Mason Brothers | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 | person |
associatedWith | Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864 | person |
associatedWith | Moscheles, Ignaz, 1794-1870 | person |
associatedWith | Motz, Edward. | person |
associatedWith | Mozart, W. A. | person |
associatedWith | Newman and Ivison | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Newman & Ivison | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Paderewski, Ignace Jan, 1860-1941 | person |
associatedWith | Root, George F. (George Frederick), 1820-1895. | person |
associatedWith | Schlesinger | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Schubert, Franz | person |
associatedWith | Schumann, Clara, 1819-1896 | person |
associatedWith | Schumann, Robert, 1810-1856 | person |
associatedWith | Smith, Douglas, 1939- | person |
associatedWith | s.n. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Spohr, Louis, 1784-1859 | person |
associatedWith | Thomas A. Edison, Inc. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 | person |
associatedWith | Wyman and Newell | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Wyman, B. | person |