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| Short Name: | Joseph P. Holbrook |
| Full Name: | Holbrook, Joseph P. (Joseph Perry), 1822-1888 |
| Birth Year: | 1822 |
| Death Year: | 1888 |
Joseph P. Holbrook was a tune writer in the parlor music style, and used the popular melodies of Mason and Hastings, Bradbury and Root, Greatorex and Kingsley in his collections. He furnished settings for the choir hymns in Songs for the Sanctuary in his Quartet and chorus Choir (New York, 1871, and sought more recogniation than had been given him in a hymnal of his own, Worship in Song (New York, 1880); a book that found no welcome.
from The English hymn: its development and use in worship
By Louis FitzGerald Benson
Texts by Joseph P. Holbrook (2) | As | Authority Languages | Instances |
|---|---|---|---|
| From every earthly pleasure | J. P. Holbrook (Author) | English | 1 |
| Teach me, O Lord, Thy way of truth | Joseph P. Holbrook (Author) | English | 1 |
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