CADDO

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: CADDO
Composer: William B. Bradbury
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Incipit: 51353 21321 17612
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #943
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #3146
Text: I Waited Patient for the Lord
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #5212
Text: On Judah's Plains as Shepherds Sat
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
The Cyber Hymnal #6731
Text: Thy Mercy and Thy Truth, O Lord
  • Adobe Acrobat image (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)

Instances

Instances (1 - 5 of 5)
ScoreAudio

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #943

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #3146

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #5212

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #6731

Page Scan

Trinity Psalter Hymnal #36B

Include 39 pre-1979 instances
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