American composer; leading figure in American church music
For the FTC chair, see Lowell B. Mason.
Portrait of Lowell Mason
Lowell Mason (January 8, 1792 – August 11, 1872) was an American music director and banker who was a leading figure in 19th-century American church music. Lowell composed over 1,600 hymn tunes, many of which are often sung today. His best-known work includes an arrangement of "Joy to the World" and the tune Bethany, which sets the hymn text Nearer, My God, to Thee. Mason also set music to Mary Had A Little Lamb. He is largely credited with introducing music into American public schools, and is considered the first important U.S. music educator. He has also been criticized for helping to largely eliminate the robust tradition of participatory sacred music that flourished in North America before his time.
LowellMason (January 8, 1792 – August 11, 1872) was an American music director and banker who was a leading figure in 19th-century American church music...
president of the Music Educators National Conference from 2008 to 2010. LowellMason Fellows are individuals who have furthered NAfME's mission of ensuring...
carol is usually sung to an 1848 arrangement by the American composer LowellMason. Since the 20th century, "Joy to the World" has been the most-published...
"Hamburg" is an adaptation of a plainchant melody by American composer LowellMason, and it remains the most frequent pairing in the United States. First...
weight. Perhaps the most influential early composer was LowellMason. A native of Boston, Mason campaigned against the use of shape-note notation, and...
Leviticus 8:35. It is most commonly sung to the hymn tune Boylston by LowellMason. "A Charge to Keep I Have" was first published as hymn number 188 in...
rotated in and out, Haseltine, Lowell, Mason, and Odmark have remained the four members of Jars of Clay. In 2001, Lowell and the rest of Jars of Clay were...
Little and William Smith, The Easy Instructor (1801), Part 2 (1803) LowellMason, Mason's Sacred Harp (1835 and 1844 editions) John G. McCurry, The Social...
hymn is commonly sung to LowellMason's 1839 arrangement of the hymn tune "Azmon", written by Carl G. Glaser in 1828. Mason's arrangement was written as...
Henry Mason, and his grandfather LowellMason. His cousin, John B. Mason, was a popular actor on the American and British stage. Daniel Mason studied...
Musical Intervals". Musical scales and chords. Retrieved 14 November 2016. LowellMason. "Joy to the World". IMSLP. Ludwig van Beethoven. "Für Elise". IMSLP...
Old in the United Kingdom and a variation on a Handel aria arranged by LowellMason in the United States. Professor Jeremy Dibble of Durham University has...
"Music Dictionary (Do–Dq)" Dolmetsch.com (accessed 4 February 2015). LowellMason, Manual of the Boston Academy of Music (Boston, 1843): 67. Robert J....
Mariya Alphons 1:04 7. "Nearer My God To Thee" Alphons Joseph, Arthur Sullivan, LowellMason, Sarah Fuller Flower Adams Rosemary 1;22 Total length: 22:22...
in the curriculum and LowellMason became the first recognized supervisor of elementary music. In later years Luther Whiting Mason became the Supervisor...
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