Short Name: | Joseph P. Holbrook |
Full Name: | Holbrook, Joseph P. (Joseph Perry), 1822-1888 |
Birth Year: | 1822 |
Death Year: | 1888 |
Joseph P. Holbrook was a tune writer in the parlor music style, and used the popular melodies of Mason and Hastings, Bradbury and Root, Greatorex and Kingsley in his collections. He furnished settings for the choir hymns in Songs for the Sanctuary in his Quartet and chorus Choir (New York, 1871, and sought more recogniation than had been given him in a hymnal of his own, Worship in Song (New York, 1880); a book that found no welcome.
from The English hymn: its development and use in worship
By Louis FitzGerald Benson
Hymnals by Joseph P. Holbrook (3) | As | Publication Year |
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Quartet and chorus choir: companion to Songs for the sanctuary. | Holbrook, Joseph P. (Author) | 1871 |
Singing on the Way: a collection of hymns and tunes for Sunday schools, social worship and congregations | Dr. J. P. Holbrook (Editor) | 1882 |
Worship in Song: a selection of hymns and tunes for the Service of the Sanctuary | Jos. P. Holbrook, Mus. Doc. (Editor) | 1880 |