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

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[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 Batchelder 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 re… Go to person page >

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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

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Texts

Let Me Go

Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters

Onward! Onward!

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Composer/Editor Harrison Oxley
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Composer/Editor Colin Mawby
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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