[Let me go where saints are going] (Bradbury)

[Let me go where saints are going] (Bradbury)

Composer: William B. Bradbury
Published in 6 hymnals


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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: [Let me go where saints are going] (Bradbury)
Composer: William B. Bradbury
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Incipit: 34532 16176 5132
Key: A♭ Major
Source: From "Pilgrim Songs";Arranged
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

  • Hymn Tunes in Lower Keyes: The Book to Grab When the Congregation Complains that the Hymns are Too High!
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2011) pp. 43
  • The Ultimate Finishing Touch: Last-verse Arrangements of Well-loved Hymn Tunes
    Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2000) pp. 32
  • More Hymns for Occasions: One Hundred Special Arrangements
    Composer/Editor Colin Mawby
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1997) pp. 13
  • More Last Verses: Another Two Hundred Varied Hymn Tune Harmonies
    Composer/Editor Noel Rawsthorne
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (1996) pp. 39
  • Hymn Tunes with Varied Harmonies Book 10: For Pianoforte or Organ
    Composer/Editor Joseph E. Newell
    Published By: Edwin Ashdown, Limited (London) (1920) pp. 6

Organ Solo

  • 100 New Hymn Preludes
    Composer/Editor Jennifer Bate
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2008) pp. 58
  • Hymn Preludes for the Church Year Book 1: Feasts and Festivals
    Composer/Editor Richard Proulx
    Published By: Kevin Mayhew Ltd. (2001) pp. 292
  • Six Organ Solos
    Composer/Editor Robert P. Manookin
    Published By: Sonos Music Resources Incorporated (1984) pp. 13
  • Organ Voluntaries in Three Volumes Volume 1
    Composer/Editors Alexander Schreiner; George Careless
    Published By: J. Fischer & Brothers (1965) pp. 106

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #10372
Text: Let Me Go
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

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The Cyber Hymnal #10372

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