Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Sketch
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1816 October 6 | Born William Batchelder Bradbury in York, Maine |
| 1830 | Family moves to Boston Bradbury studies with Sumner Hill Attends Lowell Mason's Boston Academy of Music Sings in Mason's Boudoin Street Church Choir |
| 1830s | Works as an organist and teacher |
| 1840 | Becomes music director of the First Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York |
| 1840s | Introduces the teaching of singing into New York City public schools |
| 1841 | Becomes music director of Baptist Tabernacle of New York; begins to teach children's singing in a similar style to that of Mason's school in Boston The Young Choir (compiled with Thomas Hastings) is published |
| 1847-49 | Studies piano, singing, harmony, and composition in Europe |
| 1849 | Returns to United States; continues to teach, compose, and compile collections of hymns |
| 1854 | Forms Bradbury Piano Company with his brother, Edward G.Bradbury, and Light and Newton, the German piano manufacturers |
| 1858 | Music collection, The Jubilee, is published, selling over 200,000 copies |
| 1861 | Music collection, The Golden Chain, is published, selling 2,000,000 copies |
| 1867 | Music collection, Fresh Laurels, is published, selling 1,200,000 copies |
| 1868 Jan. 7 | Dies in Montclair, New Jersey |