Introduction

Bruen is re­mem­bered pr­ima­ri­ly as a; com­pos­er. As of 1862, he was or­gan­ist of the South Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

He is not Bap­tist min­is­ter Oba­di­ah Bru­en Brown (1779–1852), who served as chap­lain of the Unit­ed States Sen­ate and House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives, though per­haps he was named af­ter him.

Works

• Carmina Al­ter­na (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Rus­sell & Pate, 1862)
• The Lark (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: G. D. Rus­sell, 1865)
• No Time Like the Old Time, with Ol­iv­er Wen­dell Holmes (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: G. D. Rus­sell, 1865)
• Songs, Hymns, and Ca­rols, Part II (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: New-Church Un­ion, 1888)
• Songs, Hymns, and Ca­rols, Part III (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: New-Church Un­ion, 1892)