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<h2>George Frederick Root</h2>
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<h2>1820-1895</h2>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_t_r_tramtram.jpg" alt="1864 Edition" width="144" height="187.333333333333"></td>
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<td><em>Born:</em> August 30, 1820, Sheffield, Massachusetts.
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<p><em>Died:</em> August 6, 1895, Bailey Island, Maine.</p>
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<p><em>Buried:</em> North Reading, Massachusetts.</p>
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<p><em>Pseudonyms:</em></p>
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<li>Wurzel (German for “Root”)</li>
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<li>G. Friedrich Wurzel</li>
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<p class="just">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 <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
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year. Afterward, he started working with <a href = "./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_m_a_mason_l.html" >Lowell Mason</a>, 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:</p>
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<li><em>The Young Ladies Choir</em>, 1846</li>
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<li><em>The Pilgrim Fathers</em>, 1854</li>
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<li><em>Belshazzar’s Feast</em>, 1860</li>
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<li><em>The Haymakers</em>, 1857</li>
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<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>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_c_o_cometots.html" >Come to the Savior</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_j_c_jcitybri.html" >Jerusalem, Thou City Bright</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_m_o_mornkind.html" >Lowry</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_o_w_owatreap.html" >O Where Are the Reapers?</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_r_i_ringbell.html" >Ring the Bells</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_s_h_shallman.html" >Rosedale</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_s_h_sheonlyt.html" >She Only Touched the Hem of His Garment</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_l_e_lelittle.html" >Suffer Little Children</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_j_e_jesloves.html" >Tramp, Tramp, Tramp</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_w_c_wcicjoyf.html" >We Come in Childhood’s Joyfulness</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_w_h_whenheco.html" >When He Cometh</a></li>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_w_h_y_whydoyou.html" >Why Do You Wait?</a></li>
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