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Lowell Mason (1792-1872) Born: January 8, 1792, Medfield, Massachusetts.

Died: August 11, 1872, Orange, New Jersey.

Buried: Rosedale Cemetery, Orange, New Jersey. Hymnist Mary Artemesia Lathbury is buried nearby.

Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
Courtesy of Yale Divinity Library

Mason showed an intense interest in music from childhood. He lived in Savannah, Georgia, for 15 years, working as a bank clerk, but pursuing his true love—music—on the side. He studied with F. I. Abel, improving his skills to the point where he began composing his own music. Numerous publishers in Philadelphia and Boston rejected his early work, until it was finally accepted in 1822 by the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, Massachusetts, his native state. However, the collection did not even carry Mason’s name:

I was then a bank officer in Savannah, and did not wish to be known as a musical man, as I had not the least thought of ever making music a profession.

Little did he know that “rejected” collection would eventually go through 17 editions and sell 50,000 copies. It was adopted by singing schools in New England, and eventually church choirs.

After seeing the success of his work, Mason returned to Boston in 1826. He also became the director of music at the Hanover, Green, and Park Street churches, alternating six months with each congregation. Finally he made a permanent arrangement with the Bowdoin Street Church, though he still held on to a job as teller at the American Bank. Music continued to pull on him, though; he became president of the Handel and Haydn Society in 1827.

It was in Boston that Mason became the first music teacher in an American public school. In 1833, he co-founded the Boston Academy of Music; in 1838, he became music superintendent for the Boston school system. Lowell Mason wrote over 1,600 religious works, and is often called the “father of American church music.”

Music:

  1. Admah
  2. Amboy
  3. Antioch
  4. Ariel
  5. Azmon
  6. Bethany
  7. Boylston
  8. Brest
  9. Capello
  10. Das Lieben Bringt Groß Freud (Lischer)
  11. Dennis
  12. Dort
  13. Downs
  14. Eltham
  15. Ernan
  16. Evan
  17. Gregorian
  18. Haddam
  19. Hamburg
  20. Harwell
  21. Hebron
  22. Hendon
  23. Henley
  24. Hermon
  25. Illa
  26. Laban
  27. Malvern
  28. Mendebras
  29. Meribah
  30. Migdol
  31. Missionary Hymn
  32. Nain
  33. Naomi
  34. Oak
  35. Olivet (Mason)
  36. Ripley
  37. Rockingham New
  38. Sabbath
  39. Selvin
  40. Shawmut
  41. Uxbridge
  42. Ward
  43. Watchman
  44. Wesley
  45. Wilmot
  46. Work Song
  47. Zebulon
  48. Zerah
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