Previous posts for January 8th are here: Jaromir Weinberger, Hans von Bülow (2020), Giorgio Tozzi (2021), Sigismund Thalberg (2022), and Elvis Presley (2023)
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Lowell Mason (8 January 1792 – 11 August 1872) was an American music director and banker who was a leading figure in 19th-century American church music
Cultured
“[Mason] spent his long career trying to "correct" the vital American folkhymn tradition and to replace it with something blander, and worse. He was rewarded for his largely successful efforts with fame, fortune, and a place in all standard music history books.” – Joel Cohen, qtd. In Wikipedia
Lowell Mason wanted hymns to be
More civilized and properly presented;
His efforts were successful, and so he
Has come to be upbraided and resented
For making singing civilized and proper
When much too much was thrown in the chopper.
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