Author Bio Information
Woodbury, Isaac Baker's bio information
Saturday, October 23, 1819 - Tuesday, October 26, 1858
Born: October 23, 1819, Beverly, Massachusetts.
Died: October 26, 1858, Columbia, South Carolina.
Buried: Union Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut.
Woodbury studied with Lowell Mason in Boston, Massachusetts. He had further studies in Paris and London in the late 1830’s. After returning to Boston, he taught music, played the organ, and conducted choral groups. He edited World of Music and the American Monthly Musical Review. In 1849 he moved to New York. After contracting tuberculosis, he traveled in the Mediterranean and Florida. His works include oratorios, cantatas, chorus, flees, piano pieces, teaching pieces, and:
* Elements of Musical Composition, 1844 (later reissued as Self-Instructor in Musical Composition)
* Dulcimer; or, New York Collection of Sacred Music, 1850 and later
* Liber Musicus, 1851
* Cythara, 1854
* The Casket (Charleston, South Carolina: 1855)
* New Lute of Zion, 1856
Sources
* Nutter, p. 469
* Randel, p. 995
Hymns
1. Ho, Reapers of Life’s Harvest
Music
1. Chopin
2. Eucharist
3. Lake Enon
4. Nearer Home
5. Rakem
6. Selena
7. Siloam
8. Sinner Forgiven, A
9. Speed Away
10. Talmar
11. Woodbury
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/w/o/woodbury_ib.html
Died: October 26, 1858, Columbia, South Carolina.
Buried: Union Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut.
Woodbury studied with Lowell Mason in Boston, Massachusetts. He had further studies in Paris and London in the late 1830’s. After returning to Boston, he taught music, played the organ, and conducted choral groups. He edited World of Music and the American Monthly Musical Review. In 1849 he moved to New York. After contracting tuberculosis, he traveled in the Mediterranean and Florida. His works include oratorios, cantatas, chorus, flees, piano pieces, teaching pieces, and:
* Elements of Musical Composition, 1844 (later reissued as Self-Instructor in Musical Composition)
* Dulcimer; or, New York Collection of Sacred Music, 1850 and later
* Liber Musicus, 1851
* Cythara, 1854
* The Casket (Charleston, South Carolina: 1855)
* New Lute of Zion, 1856
Sources
* Nutter, p. 469
* Randel, p. 995
Hymns
1. Ho, Reapers of Life’s Harvest
Music
1. Chopin
2. Eucharist
3. Lake Enon
4. Nearer Home
5. Rakem
6. Selena
7. Siloam
8. Sinner Forgiven, A
9. Speed Away
10. Talmar
11. Woodbury
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/w/o/woodbury_ib.html
The last 10 hymns uploaded.
- # 1 - Trust And Obey (TTBB) (uploaded on Nov 05, 2022)
- # 2 - My Heavenly Mansion (TTBB) (uploaded on Oct 22, 2022)
- # 3 - What Must It Be To Be There (TTBB) (uploaded on Oct 09, 2022)
- # 4 - Beyond The Smiling And The Weeping (TTBB) (uploaded on Sep 25, 2022)
- # 5 - I've Anchored In Jesus (TTBB) (uploaded on Sep 15, 2022)
- # 6 - Speed The Light (TTBB) (uploaded on Aug 21, 2022)
- # 7 - Saved By The Blood (TTBB) (uploaded on Aug 17, 2022)
- # 8 - One Day (TTBB) (uploaded on Aug 16, 2022)
- # 9 - The Child Of A King (TTBB) (uploaded on Aug 14, 2022)
- #10 - Tell It To Jesus (TTBB) (uploaded on Aug 10, 2022)