George+F.+Root

=George F. Root (1820 - 1895)=


 * [[image:root.jpg width="110" height="177" align="left"]] || Root’s music­al tal­ents were ev­i­dent at an ear­ly age. By the time he was 13, he was proud that he could play a tune on as ma­ny in­stru­ments as his age. In 1838, Root moved to Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts, where he stu­died under [|George Webb]. In 1845, he moved to New York City, play­ing the or­gan at the Church of the Strang­ers, and teach­ing mu­sic at the Ab­bott In­sti­tute for Young Ladies. In 1850, he toured Eur­ope for a year. Af­ter­ward, he start­ed work­ing with [|Lowell Mason], at Bos­ton’s Acad­e­my of Mu­sic. In 1851, Root be­gan com­pos­ing. One of his best known songs is “The Bat­tle Cry of Free­dom.” In 1859, Root be­gan work at his bro­ther’s com­pany, Root and Cady, in Chi­ca­go, Ill­i­nois. In 1872, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Chi­ca­go award­ed him an hon­o­rary Doc­tor of Mu­sic de­gree. Root’s works in­clude:


 * The Young La­dies Choir, 1846
 * Academy Vocalist, 1848
 * Flower Queen, cantata (words by [|Fanny Crosby]), 1848
 * Daniel, cantata, 1852
 * The Pil­grim Fa­thers, cantata, 1854
 * Belshazzar’s Feast, cantata, 1855
 * Festival Glee Book, 1856
 * Haymakers, cantata, 1856
 * Sabbath Bell, 1856
 * The Hay­mak­ers, 1857
 * Diapason, 1860
 * Cabinet Organ School, 1863
 * Musical Curriculum, 1864
 * Silver Lute, 1865
 * Coronet, 1867
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Triumph, 1868
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Prize, 1870
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Forest Choir, 1871
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Model Organ Method, 1872
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Glory, 1872
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Choir and Congregation, 1875
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">First Years in Song Land, 1879
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Palace of Song, 1879
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Song Tournament, 1879
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Chorus Castle, 1880
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Under the Palms, Sunday School cantata, 1880
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">David, the Shepherd Boy, Sunday School cantata, 1881
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Realm of Song, 1882
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Choicest Gift, Sunday School cantata, 1883
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Pure Delight, 1883
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">The Sto­ry of a Mu­sic­al Life, 1891, an au­to­bi­o­gra­phy ||
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