- Bradley, Joseph
[E] Bradley, Joseph, pianist and conductor,
born at Hyde, Cheshire, February 28, 1857.
At twelve, he was organist at St. Paul's, Staly-
bridge ; and two years later at Heaton Chapel,
Manchester; r.R.C.0.,1873 ; Mus.B., Oxford,
1875. For six years, 1881-7, he was organist and
deputy chorus-master to Sir Charles Halle at
Manchester, and conductor of societies at
Stockport, Stalybridge, and other places. In
1887, he was appointed chorus-master to the
Glasgow Choral Union, and later, conductor of
the Choral Concerts. He comxjosed "A Song
of Praise," for chorus and orchestra, expressly
for performance when the Queen visited Glas-
gow Exhibition in Augiist, 1888.entry id: 57-L-29
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