[Why do you wait, dear brother] (Root)

[Why do you wait, dear brother] (Root)

Composer: George F. Root (1878)
Published in 274 hymnals


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Composer: George F. Root

Root, George F., MUS. DOC, born in Sheffield, Berkshire County, Mass., Aug. 30, 1820. He is much more widely known as a composer of popular music than as a hymn writer. Four of his hymns are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, 1878. Nos. 16, 100, 293, and 297. A sympathetic biographical sketch, with portrait, is in The Tonic Sol-Fa Reporter, Sep. 1886. He died Aug. 6, 1895. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title: [Why do you wait, dear brother] (Root)
Composer: George F. Root (1878)
Meter: 7.8.9.8 with refrain
Incipit: 55565 51122 21123
Key: A Major
Copyright: Public Domain
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Media

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #739
  • Four-part harmony, full-score (PDF, NWC)
The Cyber Hymnal #7455
Text: Why Do You Wait?
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  • Noteworthy Composer score (NWC)
  • XML score (XML)
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Instances

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Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #739

Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #739
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Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #270

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #270

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #557

Church Hymnal, Mennonite #557

Gospel Songs of Praise #15

Gospel Songs of Praise #15
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Hinos e Cânticos #128

Hinos e Cânticos #128

Hymns for Worship #304

Hymns for Worship #304
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Hymns of Faith #331

Hymns of Faith #331

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #150

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #150
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Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #772

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #772

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #832

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #832
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Sacred Selections for the Church #623

Sacred Selections for the Church #623

Sacred Songs of the Church #462

Sacred Songs of the Church #462
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Small Church Music #2522

Small Church Music #2522

Songs of the Church #581

Songs of the Church #581
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Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #269

Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #269

Standard Songs Of The Church #203

Standard Songs Of The Church #203
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Tabernacle Hymns #286

Tabernacle Hymns #286
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The Cyber Hymnal #7455

The Cyber Hymnal #7455
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The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #194

The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #194

Tuneful Tidings #76

Tuneful Tidings #76
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Yes, Lord! #295

Yes, Lord! #295
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