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<h2>George Frederick Root</h2>
<h2>1820-1895</h2>
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<td><em>Born:</em> August 30, 1820, Sheffield, Massachusetts.
<p><em>Died:</em> August 6, 1895, Bailey Island, Maine.</p>
<p><em>Buried:</em> North Reading, Massachusetts.</p>
<p><em>Pseudonyms:</em></p>
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<li>Wurzel (German for &#8220;Root&#8221;)</li>
<li>G. Friedrich Wurzel</li>
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<p class="just">Root&#8217;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 <a href = "./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_w_e_webb_gj.html" >George J. Webb</a>. 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 <a href = "./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_m_a_mason_l.html" >Lowell Mason</a>, at Boston&#8217;s Academy of Music. In 1851, Root began composing. One of his best known songs is &#8220;The Battle Cry of Freedom.&#8221; In 1859, Root began work at his brother&#8217;s company, Root and Cady, in Chicago, Illinois. In 1872, the University of Chicago awarded him an honorary Doctor of Music degree. Root&#8217;s works include:</p>
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<li><em>The Young Ladies Choir</em>, 1846</li>
<li><em>The Pilgrim Fathers</em>, 1854</li>
<li><em>Belshazzar&#8217;s Feast</em>, 1860</li>
<li><em>The Haymakers</em>, 1857</li>
<li><em>The Story of a Musical Life</em>, 1891, an autobiography</li>
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<p><em>Music:</em></p>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_b_e_beholdbc.html" >Behold the Bridegroom Cometh (2)</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_c_o_cometots.html" >Come to the Savior</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_j_c_jcitybri.html" >Jerusalem, Thou City Bright</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_m_o_mornkind.html" >Lowry</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_o_w_owatreap.html" >O Where Are the Reapers?</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_r_i_ringbell.html" >Ring the Bells</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_s_h_shallman.html" >Rosedale</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_s_h_sheonlyt.html" >She Only Touched the Hem of His Garment</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_l_e_lelittle.html" >Suffer Little Children</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_j_e_jesloves.html" >Tramp, Tramp, Tramp</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_w_c_wcicjoyf.html" >We Come in Childhood&#8217;s Joyfulness</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_w_h_whenheco.html" >When He Cometh</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_w_h_y_whydoyou.html" >Why Do You Wait?</a></li>
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