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 1600 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 America before his time. |
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Recordings (Results 126-143 of 143 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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OKeh | S-70268 | 10-in. | Oct. 1921 | Medley of hymns | James Hager | Church chimes and harp-o-phone bells | composer | |
OKeh | W81573 | 10-in. | 10/25/1927 | Joy to the world! | Golden Hour Mixed Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with instrumental trio | composer | |
OKeh | W401709 | 10-in. | 3/11/1929 | Work, for the night is coming | Sourthern Sacred Singers | Male vocal quartet, with organ and chimes | composer | |
OKeh | [OK cat 1281[a]] | 10-in. | approximately 1919 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Shannon Four | Male vocal quartet | composer | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5190-b] | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1917 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Henry Burr | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E16296-E16298 | 10-in. | 8/31/1925 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Criterion Quartet | Male vocal quartet with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | C2592 | 10-in. | 11/23/1928 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Allen Bogen | Organ solo | composer | |
Brunswick | DAL6771 | 10-in. | Nov. 1930 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Bel-Canto Quartet | Male vocal quartet | composer | |
Edison | 146 | 10-in. | 7/21/1910 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Knickerbocker Quartet | Male vocal quartet | composer | |
Edison | 1277 | 10-in. | 9/18/1912 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Thomas Chalmers | Male vocal solo and vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 1396 | 10-in. | Mar. 1913 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Violet Oppenshaw | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 2068 | 10-in. | 12/26/1912 | Nearer, my God | Ferdinand Himmelreich | Piano solo | composer | |
Edison | 3894 | 10-in. | 6/21/1915 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Thomas Chalmers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 5926 | 10-in. | 12/13/1917 | Work, for the night is coming | Metropolitan Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 8250 | 10-in. | 10/13/1921 | O day of rest and gladness | Metropolitan Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 10468 | 10-in. | 6/25/1925 | Nearer, my God, to Thee | Frederick Kinsley | Pipe organ solo | composer | |
Gramophone | 663ae | 10-in. | Sept. 1909 | Naermere dig min Gud | Carl Hagman | Male vocal solo | composer | |
Gramophone | BW1672 | 10-in. | 5/30/1928 | Sua kohti Herrani | Wäinö Sola | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mason, Lowell," accessed April 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104555.
Mason, Lowell. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104555.
"Mason, Lowell." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 April 2024.
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