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| ⚫ | '''Isaac Baker Woodbury''' (October 23, 1819 |
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| ⚫ | '''Isaac Baker Woodbury''' (October 23, 1819{{Snd}} 1858)<ref name="Metcalfp282">Metcalf, pg. 282</ref> was a 19th-century composer and publisher of church music, most famous for publishing ''The Dulcimer: or the New York Collection of Sacred Music'',<ref name="Dulcimer">{{cite book |last1=Woodbury |first1=I. B. |title=The Dulcimer: or the New York Collection of Sacred Music |date=1850 |publisher=Huntington and Savage |location=New York |oclc=58769825}}</ref> one of the best-known collections of Christian [[hymns]] of the era.<ref>Chase, pg. 144</ref> His best-known hymn tunes include ''[[Siloam]]'' and ''Esmonton''. He also published the ''American Monthly Musical Review''<ref>Wright, pg. 367</ref> and the ''New York Musical Pioneer''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Banco |first=Leonard |title=American Periodicals: Music (Opportunities for Research in the Watkinson Library): Watkinson Publications |publisher=Weird Tales |url=https://jstor.org/stable/community.34515901}}</ref> |
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Born in [[Beverly, Massachusetts]],<ref name="Metcalfp282" /> Woodbury was the son of Isaac Woodbury and Nancy Baker, and studied music in London and Paris before embarking upon a career as a church organist, writer, editor, and teacher in Boston and New York. In total he published fifteen books of sacred music and fourteen books of school and secular music; he also founded the [[National Music Convention]]. Woodbury fell ill with tuberculosis and traveled south for his health, dying while visiting [[Charleston, South Carolina]].<ref name="SteelHulan2010">{{cite book |author1=David Warren Steel |author2=Richard H. Hulan |title=The Makers of the Sacred Harp |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xt_h13E3k60C&pg=PA131 |year=2010 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-07760-9 |pages=170–171}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 22:54, 19 July 2023
Isaac Baker Woodbury (October 23, 1819 – 1858)[1] was a 19th-century composer and publisher of church music, most famous for publishing The Dulcimer: or the New York Collection of Sacred Music,[2] one of the best-known collections of Christian hymns of the era.[3] His best-known hymn tunes include Siloam and Esmonton. He also published the American Monthly Musical Review[4] and the New York Musical Pioneer.[5]
Born in Beverly, Massachusetts,[1] Woodbury was the son of Isaac Woodbury and Nancy Baker, and studied music in London and Paris before embarking upon a career as a church organist, writer, editor, and teacher in Boston and New York. In total he published fifteen books of sacred music and fourteen books of school and secular music; he also founded the National Music Convention. Woodbury fell ill with tuberculosis and traveled south for his health, dying while visiting Charleston, South Carolina.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Metcalf, pg. 282
- ^ Woodbury, I. B. (1850). The Dulcimer: or the New York Collection of Sacred Music. New York: Huntington and Savage. OCLC 58769825.
- ^ Chase, pg. 144
- ^ Wright, pg. 367
- ^ Banco, Leonard. "American Periodicals: Music (Opportunities for Research in the Watkinson Library): Watkinson Publications". Weird Tales.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ David Warren Steel; Richard H. Hulan (2010). The Makers of the Sacred Harp. University of Illinois Press. pp. 170–171. ISBN 978-0-252-07760-9.
Sources[edit]
- Chase, Gilbert (2000). America's Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-00454-X.
- Metcalf, Frank J. (2007). American Writers and Compilers of Sacred Music. Read Books. ISBN 978-1-4067-5144-4.
- Wright, Henry Parks (1914). History of the Class of 1868: Yale College, 1864-1914. Yale University Class of 1868. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press.
External links[edit]
- Free scores by Isaac B. Woodbury in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
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