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Was steht ihr Schnitter müßig?

Author: I. B. Woodbury

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 br… Go to person page >

Translator: W. R.

(no biographical information available about W. R..) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Was steht ihr Schnitter müßig?
English Title: Ho, Reapers of Life's Harvest
Author: I. B. Woodbury
Translator: W. R.
Language: German
Publication Date: 1897
Copyright: Public Domain

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Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns) #341

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Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 #341

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