Lowell Mason

Musician · 1792–1872 · Medfield, Massachusetts
Best known for Composer

Lowell Mason (1792–1872) was an American church-music leader and hymn-tune composer who published “Antioch,” the tune of “Joy to the World,” in 1836.

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  • Born in Medfield, Massachusetts.
  • Wrote or arranged more than 1,600 hymn tunes and was president of Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society from 1827.
  • Largely credited with bringing music teaching into American public schools.
  • Died in Orange, New Jersey.

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