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<h2>Hubert Platt Main</h2>
<h2>1839-1925</h2>
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<td><em>Born:</em> August 17, 1839, Ridgefield, Connecticut.<p><em>Died:</em> 1925.</td>
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<p class="just">Main&#8217;s father was a singing school teacher. Hubert attended singing school until 1854, when he went to New York City and worked as an errand boy in a wallpaper house. In April 1855, he became an errand boy in the Bristow &amp; Morse piano company. That same year, he helped his father edit the <em>Sunday School Lute</em> songbook by <a href = "./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_w_o_woodbury_ib.html" >Isaac Woodbury</a>. In 1867, Main was called to fill a position in <a href = "./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_b_r_bradbury_wb.html" >William Bradbury</a>&#8217;s publishing house. Following Bradbury&#8217;s death in 1868, the Biglow &amp; Main publishers were formed as its successor. In addition to publishing, Main wrote over 1,000 pieces of music&#8212;part song, singing school songs, Sunday School music, hymns, anthems, etc. He also collected music books; in 1891, he sold his collection of over 3,500 volumes to the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois, where they were known as the &#8220;Main Library.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>Music:</em></p>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_b_l_blessedc.html" >Blessed Cross of Jesus</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_b_l_blessedh.html" >Blessed Homeland</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_b_r_brightfo.html" >Bright Forever, The</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_h_v_hvoicejc.html" >Ellesdie</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_h_o_holdthou.html" >Hold Thou My Hand</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_m_j_mjesuatw.html" >Jewett</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_l_e_letmlean.html" >Let Me Lean on Thee</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_p_r_procksal.html" >Praise the Rock of Our Salvation</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_y_e_yesthere.html" >Yes, There Is Pardon for You</a></li>
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