Lowell Mason

Life

Born: 8 January 1792

Died: 11 August 1872

Biography

View the Wikipedia article on Lowell Mason.

List of choral works

Sacred music

Anthems & Introits As the hart panteth I will extol thee The Lord bless thee Now unto him Our soul waiteth for the Lord Pray for the peace of Jerusalem Search me, O God Other sacred works No works currently available Secular music The evening sail The Fox and the Grapes Io! the snow! Laura Mary had a little lamb (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

Hymns & hymn settings Boston From Greenland's icy mountains Joy to the world My faith looks up to Thee Nain Nearer, my God, to thee Star of peace Work, for the night is coming!

Arrangements by Lowell Mason

• Blest is the man, who shuns the place (Friedrich Ernst Fesca)
• Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove (Anonymous)
• Come, let us lift our joyful eyes (Karl Gotthelf Gläser)
• How precious, Lord, thy sacred word (Friedrich Schneider)
• Lord of all being, throned afar (Anonymous)

 
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Publications

• 1821 – The Boston Handel and Haydn Society Collection of Church Music
• 1830 – Choral Harmony
• 1831-1837 – Spiritual Songs for Social Worship (first author: Thomas Hastings)
• 1832 – The Choir
• 1832 – Lyra Sacra
• 1834 – The Sacred Harp, or Eclectic Harmony
• 1835 – The Boston Academy’s Collection of Church Music
• 1840-1848 – Carmina Sacra
• 1848 – The Congregational Tune-Book
• 1848 – The National Psalmist
• 1850 – Cantica Laudis
• 1850–1869 – The New Carmina Sacra
• 1854 – The Hallelujah

References

• Mason, Henry L. 1944. Hymn-Tunes of Lowell Mason: A Bibliography. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The University Press.

External websites:

• More complete list of Mason's publications