Composer and Music Educator George Frederick Root published more than 200 songs (some under the German pseudonym G. Friedrich Wurzel) during his lifetime and became particularly famous during the Civil War. Root always sought to make music accessible, thinking of music always in practical terms--for the classroom, church, or home. He said, "I never dreamed of eminence as a writer of music … I am simply one who … makes music for the people, having always a particular need in view."
Photo: George Frederick Root, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
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