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

Hymns

1. Ho, Reap­ers of Life’s Har­vest

Music

1. Chopin
2. Eucharist
3. Faithful
4. Lake Enon
5. Nearer Home
6. Rakem
7. Selena
8. Siloam
9. Sinner Forgiven, A
10. Speed Away
11. Talmar
12. Woodbury