Isaac Baker Woodbury (October 23, 1819 – 1858) was a composer and publisher of church music. Woodbury studied with Lowell Mason in Boston and with teachers in Paris and London. Upon his return to Boston he taught music, played organ, and directed choral groups. His first musical publications were tune books compiled in collaboration with his cousin Benjamin F. Baker, with whom he also formed the National Musical Convention, a training school for teachers. He also edited “World of Music” and the “American Monthly Musical Review.” He is most famous for publishing “The Dulcimer; or, The New York Collection of Sacred Music”, one of the best-known collection of Christian hymns of the era. His best-known hymn tunes include “Siloam’ and “Esmonton.”

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