efforts at conversion, surviving in the form of (for example) Sacred Harp music. This genre has grown in popularity as Americans (and even Europeans ) in all regions rediscover pre-Lowell Mason American sacred music. Nevertheless, his achievements as a hymnodist were celebrated long after his death. In 1942, his sesquicentennial was well celebrated. After an unveiling of a plaque at his grave, a commemorative service at the Orange church he founded was held. In addition to a variety of choral performances (of Mason's music), the service featured organ preludes based on Mason hymn tunes specially written for the occasion by T. Tertius Noble and by Mason's grandson Daniel Gregory Mason. Later that evening another concert featuring Mason's music was held at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Relatives Lowell Mason was the father of Henry Mason (the founder of the Mason and Hamlin firm), as well as composer William Mason. He was the grandfather of Daniel Gregory Mason, a music critic and composer and John B. Mason, a popular late nineteenth and early twentieth-century stage actor. Lowell's twin brother Johnson Mason was the grandfather of Louisville, Kentucky architect Mason Maury. References Sources , out of print but available in many libraries, offers a vivid account of how Lowell and Timothy Mason won the battle for their own kind of sacred music in the city of Cincinnati. Keene, James A. (2010) A history of music education in the United States. Glenbridge Publishing. provides good coverage of Mason's life and work. . . Further reading External links Lowell Mason Foundation: Lowell Mason birthplace and museum and music education center. . . Lowell Mason recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings. 1792 births 1872 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century American composers 19th-century American male musicians Classical composers of church music American Romantic composers American male classical composers People from Orange, New Jersey People from Medfield, Massachusetts Musicians from Savannah, Georgia