Born: June 13, 1846, Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Died: No­vem­ber 8, 1916, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Frederick’s fa­ther was George Root. Fred­er­ick taught vo­cal mu­sic, and was a con­duct­or, writ­er, lec­tur­er, or­gan­ist and com­pos­er. His works in­clude:

• The Ex­tract of Op­era, 1874
• The Land­ing of the Pil­grims, 1877, a cantata

Lyrics

1. Heavens Declare the Glo­ry, The