From Biblical Book to Musical Megahit: William B. Bradbury's Esther, the Beautiful Queen

by Juanita Karpf

Book Overview

Many churchgoers will recognize the name William Bradbury, a nineteenth-century American composer of popular hymns still sung at Sunday services. Bradbury's name may also bring to mind Esther, the Beautiful Queen, his choral setting of a text based on the biblical Book of Esther. The uncomplicated score became enormously popular almost immediately after its initial publication in 1856. In From Biblical Book to Musical Megahit: William B...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496845757
• ISBN13: 9781496845757
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"