Baker & Woodbury. The Timbrel, A Collection of Sacred Music (1849)

Baker, B. F.; Woodbury, I. B. The Timbrel, A Collection of Sacred Music, selected and arranged from the best European and American Authors; together with numerous Original Compositions. Boston: Charles H. Pierce, &c., 1849. [11330] Leather spine with printed paper over card (hardcover), front board almost detached, binding shows scuffing and edge-wear, adverts printed on bottom board, oblong 6 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Historical Society bookplate with date 1912. 324 pp., light foxing. Fair. Hardcover. "Stereotyped by A. B. Kidder, 7 Cornhill" on the copyright page. "Elements of Vocal Music," pp. [5]-34. The music is in four parts with round notes. Benjamin Franklin Baker (1811-1889), b. Wenham, Ma. A music teacher in public schools, the principal of the Boston Music School, for six years the Vice-President of the Handel and Hayden Society, Boston. As a composer he was prolific. He edited a large number of church music, school instruction, glee, and other music books. Isaac Baker Woodbur