George Frederick Root, aka G. Friedrich Wurzel, was born in Sheffield, MA on 30 August 1820, and died, at the age of 74, on Bailey's Island, ME on 6 August 1895. He published over 500 pieces of music from 1848 until 1896. He used his German surname Wurzel, the English equivalent of Root, for his minstrel songs. He had two brothers, Ebenezer Towner Root and William A. Root; and five sisters, among whom were Francis A. Root (who played and taught piano, sang and gave vocal instruction) and the youngest was Fannie Root. He married Mary Olive Woodman in August 1845 and they had two sons, Frederick Woodman Root and Charles Root, and four daughters: [Mrs.] Clara Louise Root [Burnham] (who collaborated on several cantatas with him); Grace Woodman Root, Mary "May" Olive Root, (a mezzo-soprano), and Helen "Nellie" Clara Root (a contralto). His father, Frederic Ferdinand Root, died in 1866 and his mother, Sarah Flint, lived from 1796-1881, dying at the age of 85. For fuller biographical info, see The Story of a Musical Life: An Autobiography by Geo. F. Root (Cincinnati: The John Church Co., 1891; reprinted by AMS Press, Inc, New York, NY in 1973, ISBN 0-404- 07205-4).

For two excellent dissertations about Root, see: George Frederick Root, Pioneer Music Educator: His Contributions to Mass Instruction in Music (1971) by Mazie Pauline Hinson Carder (aka Polly Hinson Carder); and A Study of Oratorios and Sacred Cantatas Composed in America Before 1900 (1954) by Ralph McVety Kent. Both are available from UMI Dissertation Services.

He is best known for the songs The Hazel Dell (1853), Rosalie the Prairie Flower (1855), Departed Days (1857), There's Music in the Air (1857), Flee As a Bird (arr. 1857), The Vacant Chair, or, We Shall Meet But We Shall Miss Him (1861), The Battle Cry of Freedom (1862), Just Before the Battle, Mother (1864), Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!, or, The Prisoner's Hope (1864), Farewell Father, Friend and Guardian (1865), Blaine for Our President (1884), and The Plumed Knight (1884).

THE
S A B B A T H   B E L L,
A COLECTION OF MUSIC
FOR CHOIRS, MUSICAL ASSOCIATIONS, SINGING-SHOOLS,
AND THE HOME CIRCLE,
CONSISTING OF
PART I._SINGING SCHOOL MUSIC.PART II._CHURCH MUSIC.
PAR. III._OCCASIONAL AND CONCERT MUSIC.
BY GEORGE F. ROOT.

NEW YORK:
P U B L I S H E D B Y M A S O N B R O T H E R S,
108 & 110 DUANE STREET.
MDCCCLVI.
[Read its PREFACE.]

CHAPEL GEMS
for
S U N D A Y S C H O O L S ;
SELECTED FROM
The Snow Bird, Robin, Red Bird, Dove and Blue Bird,
By GEO. F. ROOT and B.R. HANBY;
AND FROM
T H E L I N N E T ,
By F. W. ROOT and J. R. MURRAY.
WITH ADDITIONAL PIECES
By D. P. HORTON, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
C H I C A G O :
PUBLISHED BY ROOT & CADY, 67 WASHINGTON STREET.


Entered, according to Act of Congress, A.D. 1868, by ROOT & CADY,
in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court, for the Notherern Dist. of Ill.

THE TRIUMPH

[Copyright Filed 9 Jun 1868 by Root & Cady, Chicago, IL.]

THE PRIZE
A COLLECTION OF
SONGS, HYMNS,
CHANTS, ANTHEMS AND CONCERT PIECES,
FOR THE
SUNDAY SCHOOL,
By GEO. F. ROOT.

CINCINNATI:
Published by JOHN CHURCH & CO., 66 W. FOURTH ST.
[Read its PREFACE.]

The
TRUMPET OF REFORM
A Collection of
Songs, Hymns, Chants and Set Pieces
for
The Grange, The Club
and all
Industrial & Reform Organizations.
by
GEORGE F. ROOT.
Assisted in the preparation of the words by
MRS. S. M. SMITH.

CINCINNATI:               CHICAGO:
JOHN CHURCH & CO.         GEO. F. ROOT & SONS.

Entered according to Act of Congress, A. D., 1874, by JOHN CHURCH & Co.,
in the Office of the Library of Congress at Washington.

Pieces
for opening, closing, temperance, patriotic and other occasions,
also
Additional Songs for the Hall and the Home Circle.

N A T I O N A L

SCHOOL SINGER,

FOR

Day Schools & Juvenile Singing Classes,

CONTAINING

SONG LESSONS, SCHOOL SONGS,

AND A GREAT VARIETY OF

OCCASSIONAL SONGS BY THE BEST AUTHORS.

NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND NEW ORLEANS:

A. S. BARNES & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS

1878.

[read its PREFACE]

[Copyright, 1875, by GEORGE F. ROOT.]

PALACE OF SONG:
A Collection of New Music
ADAPTED TO THE WANTS OF
SINGING CLASSES, CHOIRS, INSTITUTES AND MUSICAL CONVENTIONS,
WITH APPROPRIATE
INSTRUCTIONS, RULES, TABLES OF REFERENCE AND REVIEW QUESTIONS.
BY
GEORGE F. ROOT.
------------
PUBLISHED BY
JOHN CHURCH & CO. | ROOT & SONS Music Co.
CINCINNATI. | CHICAGO.
Copyright, 1879, by John Church & Co.

1. Just Before the Battle
2. Just After the Battle
3. Ring the Bell, Watchman [by Henry Clay Work]
4. Vicksburg Is Taken
5. Kiss Me Father, Kiss Your Darling
6. Lay Me Down, and Save the Flag
7. Sleeping for the Flag [by Henry Clay Work]
8. I Wonder Why He Comes Not
9. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
10. Marching Through Georgia [by Henry Clay Work]
11. On, On, On, the Boys Came Marching
12. Comrades, All Around Is Brightness
13. Wake Nicodemus [by Henry Clay Work]
14. Brother, Tell Me of the Battle
15. Mandie Moore
16. How It Marches the Flag of the Union
17. Farewell, Father, Friend and Guardian [4 Dec]
18. Good Bye, Jeff
19. They Have Broken Up Their Camps
20. 'Tis Finished [by Henry Clay Work]

1. No Place So Sweet As Home
2. Sunday Voices Sweetly Calling
3. Happy and Free
4. Gently Dip the Oars on the Placid River
5. Sunset Thro' the Golden Leaves
6. The Woodbine Polka
7. The Contented Farmer
8. Rough and Tumble
9. Chatterbox Gallop
10. Work Is Done
11. Decoration March
12. Butterfly Redowa
13. Winding Path Waltz
14. Sliding Down Hill

B O O K S

[includes Cantatas]

Year

Title

• The Acadamy Vocalist
• The Flower Queen

• The Shawm (with W. B. Bradbury)
• Daniel

• The Young Men's Singing Book
• The Musical Album

• Belshazzar's Feast
• The Diapason

• The Silver Chime
• The Christian Graces
• The Silver Lute

• School for Cabinet Organ
• The Bugle Call

• The Guide to the Pianoforte
• The Cabinet Organ Companion

• The Forest Choir
• The Musical Fountain

• Chapel Gems
• The Triumph

• The Glory
• The Hour of Praise
• The Normal Musical Handbook
• The New Musical Ciriculum

• The M&aauml;nnerchor
• The Model Organ Method

• The Trumpet of Reform: A Collection of Songs, Hymns, Chants and Set Pieces for the Grange, the Club and all Industrial & Reform Organizations [Assisted in the preparation of the words by Mrs. S. M. Smith.]
• The Song Era

• National School Singer [© 1875]
• The Song Tournament

• First Years in Song-Land
• The Palace of Song
• The New Choir and Congregation

• The Young Organist at Home
• The Chorus Castle
• Under the Palms
• The New Flower Queen

• David, the Shepherd Boy
• The Realm of Song

• Pure Delight (with C. C. Case)
• Catching Kriss Kringle
• The Choicest Gift

• Santa Claus' Mistake
• Wondrous Love (with C. C. Case)

• The Name Ineffable
• Flower Praise
• The Waif's Christmas
• Faith Triumphant

• The Empire of Song
• The Repetoire
• Judge Santa Clause
• The Pillar of Fire

• The Glorious Cause
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

• Building the Temple
• Santa Claus & Co.
• Bethlehem

• Florens, the Pilgrim
• The Wonderful Story
• Jacob and Essau

• Mildred and Parry
• Ths Story of a Musical Life: An Autobiography

• A Christmas Vision
• Columbus, the Hero of Faith
• The Deliverance of England
• Phyllis The Farmer's Daughter

• On with the Stars and Stripes
• The Star of Light (collab. with F. W. Root)