- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Lowell Mason
- Publisher:
- Oberndorfer, Anne Shaw Faulkner. What We Hear in Music. Camden, N.J.: Educational Dept., Victor Talking Machine Co., 1913.
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Musicians--Georgia--Savannah
Educators--Georgia--Savannah
Men--Georgia--Savannah
Music teachers--Georgia--Savannah
Composers--Georgia--Savannah
Arrangers (Musicians--Georgia--Savannah
Mason, Lowell, 1792-1872 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.46702 - Medium:
- drawings (visual works)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Lowell Mason, known as the "Father of School Music" influenced the development of urban sacred music, as well as music education, in antebellum Georgia. A native of Massachusetts, Mason led the "better music movement," which favored the works of European classical composers, in his adopted home of Savannah.
Image of a sketch of Lowell Mason. He is depicted wearing a dark jacket and high-collared white shirt. Mason, known as the "Father of School Music" influenced the development of urban sacred music, as well as music education, in antebellum Georgia. A native of Massachusetts, Mason led the "better music movement," which favored the works of European classical composers, in his adopted home of Savannah, Georgia. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/antebellum-music/m-9333/
- Rights Holder:
- From What We Hear in Music, by A. S. Faulkner
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/antebellum-music
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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