Joseph P. Holbrook was a writer of melodies in the parlor music style and used the popular tunes of Mason and Hastings, Bradbury and Root, Greatorex and Kingsley in his collections. He provided settings for the choral anthems in Songs for the Sanctuary in his Quartet and Chorus Choir (New York, 1871) and sought more recognition than he had received in a hymnal of his own, Worship in Song (New York, 1880); a book that failed to find favor.
from "The English hymn: its Evolution and Use in Worship"
by Louis FitzGerald Benson
