United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983United States, Georgia, Fulton County, 33.79025, -84.467021708/2022Lowell 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.image/jpegOberndorfer, Anne Shaw Faulkner. What We Hear in Music. Camden, N.J.: Educational Dept., Victor Talking Machine Co., 1913.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/antebellum-musicForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/antebellum-musicForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaMusicians--Georgia--SavannahEducators--Georgia--SavannahMen--Georgia--SavannahMusic teachers--Georgia--SavannahComposers--Georgia--SavannahArrangers (Musicians--Georgia--SavannahMason, Lowell, 1792-1872Lowell MasonStillImage