The following April, Hubert Main took a similar entry-level job at the Bristow and Morse publishing company. He also helped his father publish the
Sunday School Lute songbook by I.B. Woodbury. In 1864, Sylvester Main invested in a William Bradbury's publishing business, and Hubert was working there by 1867. Upon Bradbury's death the following year, the Mains founded the Biglow and Main music publishing house as its successor. One of the firm's major hymnwriters was
Fanny VanAlstyne Crosby. Hubert Main worked with his father until his father's death in 1873, and ultimately published over 500 works. He also partnered with other music editors, including George A. Bell, Mrs. Wilbur F. Crafts and
Ira D. Sankey (part of
Dwight Moody's evangelism team). Main arranged music, as well as wrote over 1000 pieces, from singing school songs to Sunday school music and hymns. Biglow and Main was acquired by Hope Publishing Company in 1922. Main also collected music books, and in 1906 sold his collection (over 3,500 volumes) to the
Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois, where they form the core of its Americana collection. ==Death and legacy==