Composers -- United States -- 19th century -- Archives
Topic
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Lowell Mason collection
Collection
0007-SCPA
Found in:
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
Abstract
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...
Dates:
1808-1992; Majority of material found within 1820-1941