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I. B. Woodbury
1819 - 1858 Person Name: Isaac Baker Woodbury Composer of "[Be kind to thy Father, for when thou wast young]" in The Junior Hymnal Woodbury, Isaac Baker. (Beverly, Massachusetts, October 23, 1819--October 26, 1858, Columbia, South Carolina). Music editor. As a boy, he studied music in nearby Boston, then spent his nineteenth year in further study in London and Paris.
He taught for six years in Boston, traveling throughout New England with the Bay State Glee Club. He later lived at Bellow Falls, Vermont, where he organized the New Hampshire and Vermont Musical Association. In 1849 he settled in New York City where he directed the music at the Rutgers Street Church until ill-health caused him to resign in 1851. He became editor of the New York Musical Review and made another trip to Europe in 1852 to collect material for the magazine. in the fall of 1858 his health broke down from overwork and he went south hoping to regain his strength, but died three days after reaching Columbia, South Carolina.
He published a number of tune-books, of which the Dulcimer, of New York Collection of Sacred Music, went through a number of editions. His Elements of Musical Composition, 1844, was later issued as the Self-instructor in Musical Composition. He also assisted in the compilation of the Methodist Hymn Book of 1857.
--Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives
I. B. Woodbury
A. J. Abbey
1825 - 1887 Person Name: Alonzo Judson Abbey Author of "Be Kind to Thy Father" in The Cyber Hymnal Alonzo Judson Abbey, USA 1825-1887 Professor Abbey was a music teacher, collector, writer-composer, tune book compiler and sacred music publisher. George F Root often edited his published works.
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A. J. Abbey
Edward Roberts
Person Name: E. Roberts Composer of "BE KIND TO THY FATHER" in The New Sabbath School Hosanna
Edward Roberts
A. N. Whitten
1856 - 1949 Alto of "THE LOVED ONES" in The Good Old Songs Archibald Newton Whitten, born in Georgia, died in Texas.
A. N. Whitten
Margaret Courtney
Author of "Be kind to your father--for when thou wer't young" in Select Melodies; Comprising the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Common Use, and not generally found in standard church hymn-books
Margaret Courtney
Edwin T. Pound
Person Name: E. T. Pound Arranger of "THE LOVED ONES" in The Sacred Harp
Edwin T. Pound
