I. B. Woodbury
Isaac Baker Woodbury (October 23, 1819 – 1858) was a 19th-century composer and publisher of church music, most famous for publishing The Dulcimer: or the New York Collection of Sacred Music, one of the best-known collections of Christian hymns of the era. His best-known hymn tunes include Siloam and Esmonton. He also published the American Monthly Musical Review and the New York Musical Pioneer. Born in Beverly, Massachusetts, 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. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 23, 1819, Died 1858
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1901 - 1933
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | [Pre-matrix C-]838 | 12-in. | 5/8/1902 | Stars of a summer night | Arthur Pryor | Trombone solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]838 | 10-in. | 8/19/1902 | Stars of the summer night | Arthur Pryor | Trombone solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]838 | 7-in. | 6/3/1901 | Stars of a summer night | Arthur Pryor | Trombone solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1282 | 10-in. | 2/24/1902 | Stars of a summer night | Herbert Goddard | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1282 | 7-in. | 2/24/1902 | Stars of a summer night | Herbert Goddard | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-23186 | 10-in. | 10/2/1919 | America the beautiful | Victor Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-28676 | 10-in. | 10/19/1923 | Stars of the summer night | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with brass quartet | composer | |
Victor | BVE-37892 | 10-in. | 4/8/1927 | Stars of the summer night | Shannon Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-49187 | 10-in. | 12/14/1928 | Waltz in A flat | Victor Symphonic Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | BS-75722 | 10-in. | 4/5/1933 | A merry life | Elsie Baker ; Myrtle C. Eaver ; Olive Kline ; Lambert Murphy ; Elliott Shaw | Mixed vocal quartet, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 19311 | 10-in. | 4/26/1911 | Stars of the summer night | Mendelssohn Quartette | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | composer | |
Columbia | 38400 | 10-in. | 11/9/1912 | Forever with the Lord | Columbia Mixed Quartette | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 38574 | 10-in. | 1/21/1913 | Stars of the summer night | Grace Kerns ; Clara Moister ; Beulah Gaylord Young | Female vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 47318 | 10-in. | 1/25/1917 | Stars of the summer night | Columbia Stellar Quartette | Male vocal quartet, unaccopmanied | composer | |
Edison | N-356 | 10-in. | 8/17/1928 | Melodies of long ago no. 2 | Hank Simmon's Show Boat Quartet | Male vocal quartet | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Woodbury, I. B.," accessed November 13, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106166.
Woodbury, I. B.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106166.
"Woodbury, I. B.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Woodbury, I. B. (Isaac Baker), 1819-1858 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89667937
Wikidata: Isaac Baker Woodbury - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6075997
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MusicBrainz: Isaac Baker Woodbury - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/022ae4bf-9df5-4ac9-9172-7207fe42ff03
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