Lowell Mason collection

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Lowell Mason collection

1808-1992 (majority 1820-1941)

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1215

Lowell Mason (1792-1872) is known as the founder of American school music education and co-founder of the Boston Academy of Music. In addition to establishing curricular music in American public schools and teacher training in music, he is also known for the success of his compositions and arrangements of hymn tunes and tune books, including The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music. Some of his other publications, mostly written for churches or schools, include The Juvenile Psalmist, The Juvenile Lyre, and The Manual of the Boston Academy of Music. This collection, part of the MENC Historical Center, consists of songs, hymns, and anthems; correspondence; books; articles; addresses; musical programs and advertisements; tributes; pamphlets; an unpublished manuscript; and memorabilia related to Lowell Mason's work, and materials related to members of Mason's family including the correspondence of his son Henry Lowell (H.L.) Mason.

10.00 linear feet

eng, Latn

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7340676

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872

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American composer and music educator. From the description of The Lowell Mason papers, 1813-1980 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702190298 From the description of The Lowell Mason papers, 1813-1980 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 122354720 Lowell Mason (1792-1872), musical educator and hymn writer, was born in Medfield, Massachusetts. In 1812 he came to Savannah as a bank clerk. In Savannah, he taught singing, and was the orga...

Mason, Henry Lowell

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Epithet: Minister of Eyke, county Suffolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x000142 Epithet: of Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x000153 ...

Mason, William, 1829-1908

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Pianist, teacher, and musical theoretician. From the description of Autographs of musicians, 1830-1906. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122482701 BIOGHIST REQUIRED Pianist, teacher, and musical theoretician. From the guide to the William Mason Autographs of Musicians, 1830-1906, (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) ...