Woodbury, I. B. The Liber Musicus : or, New York Anthem Book, and Choirs' Miscellany, comprising Anthems, Choruses, Quartetts, Trios, Duets, Songs, etc., adapted to the various occasions of Public Worship, the Wants of Choirs, Select Societies, and the Social Circle. The Whole Constituting the most Complete Collection of Choice Music ever Published. New York: F. J. Huntington, 7 Beekman Street, Corner Nassau, also for sale by Mason Brothers, (1851). [11331]
Leather spine with printed paper over card (hardcover), front board almost detached; binding shows scuffing, stains and edge-wear; adverts printed on bottom board, oblong 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. Lacks the free end papers (blanks). 223, [1] toned pages, some foxing. Fair. Hardcover.
"Stereotyped by C. Davison, 33 Gold st., N.Y." and "Printed by C. A. Alvord" on the copyright page.
The music is in four parts with round notes.
Isaac Baker Woodbury (1819-1858), b. Beverly, Mass.; d. Columbia, South Carolina. After studying music at Boston, London, and Paris, at the age of nineteen he began teaching music in Boston, traveling throughout New England. After about six years he took up residence 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, or 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, Dictionary of North American Hymnology at Hymnary dot org.
