American Composer
Lowell Mason wrote over 1,600 religious works, and is often called the “father of American church music.” His works include "Nearer, My God, to Thee," "My Faith Looks Up to Thee," and "From Greenland's Icy Mountains."
In addition to this Mason set to music the nursery rhyme "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and it is debated whether the tune of the famous hymn and Christmas carol "Joy to the World" is written by George Frideric Handel or by Mason himself.

