As a leading figure in 19th century American church music, Lowell Mason composed over 1,600 hymn tunes…many of which became standards in church hymnody known worldwide. This publication not only features playable piano arrangements of Mason's classic hymn tunes, but offers biographical information and celebrates the life and influence of the man often regarded as "the father of American music education." Titles include When I Survey the Wondrous Cross; Blest Be the Tie; My Faith Looks Up to Thee; There is a Fountain; Nearer, My God to Thee; O For a Thousand Tongues, and more.