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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 collection of Christian hymns of the era.[3] Born in Beverly, Massachusetts,[1] his best-known hymn tunes include Siloam and Esmonton. He also published the American Monthly Musical Review.[4]

References

Sources

• 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

• Free scores by Isaac B. Woodbury in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)

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