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Woodbury, Isaac Baker

journalist, author, was born Oct. 18, 1819, in Beverly, Mass. In 1845 he removed to New York, where he edited the Musical Review and the Musical Pioneer. He compiled several collections of church music and glee-books, among which were the Anthem Dulcimer; Liber Musicus (1851); Million's Glee-Book; Cultivation of the Voice Without a Master; Self-Instructor in Musical Composition and Thorough Bass; Singing-School and Music-Teacher's Companion; and the Melodeon and Seraphine Instruction-Book. He died Oct. 26, 1858, in Columbia, S. C.