Previous posts for January 8th are here: Jaromir Weinberger, Hans von Bülow (2020), Giorgio Tozzi (2021), Sigismund Thalberg (2022), Elvis Presley (2023), Lowell Mason (2024), and David Bowie (2025)
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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
And Heaven and Nature Sing
"Joy to the World" is usually sung to an 1848 arrangement by the American composer Lowell Mason of a tune attributed to Handel. -- adapted from Wikipedia,s.v. "Joy to the World"
Let your eager fingers hasten
Sounding forth the diapason!
Add the treble and the bass in,
And sing a hymn to Lowell Mason!
Do not let your light grow dim,
Raise your voice with verve and vim!
Be not truculent or grim,
But troll a Lowell Mason hymn!
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