The Musical Classroom: Lowell Mason

Prior to reading the first chapter of the textbook The Musical Classroom, I had never thought of when and how music came to be a school subject. Of course, in elementary school I went to music class learned about the different composers and how to create sheets of it, but I did not learn about this man, Lowell Mason. After starting some research on Lowell I was surprised to find that I already knew many of his creations. The two hymns that I first recognized were “Joy to the World” and “Nearer My God to Thee”. He composed many more than that, but these are some that we still hear and recognize today. His music often had the subject of church as he was a church choir director and Sunday school superintendent. “Joy to the World” brings memories