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Its words were written and published in 1719 by Isaac Watts

The three people responsible for Joy to the World are honored with a memorial in London’s Westminster Abbey,. Its words were written and published in 1719 by Isaac Watts. George Friedric Handel wrote its music as part of The Messiah.

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Its words were written and published in 1719 by Isaac Watts

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  1. The three people responsible for Joy to the World are honored with a memorial in London’s Westminster Abbey,

  2. Its words were written and published in 1719 by Isaac Watts

  3. George Friedric Handel wrote its music as part of The Messiah.

  4. Lowell Mason adapted and arranged the music as we know it today.He began by writing music in Savannah, Georgia.Mason heartily endorsed congregational singing (although not to the exclusion of choirs), and to that end advocated the musical training of children.

  5. In 1822, the organist of the Boston Handel and Haydn Society published Lowell’s Music. The collection of hymn tunes became an instant hit. Mason was invited by The Hanover Street Georgia (now known as St Stevens) to deliver a music lecture. .

  6. The Pastor of the Hanover Street Church was Lyman Beecher, formerly of Litchfield, Connecticut. Lowell Mason’s "Address on Church Music," published that same year, contained an enthusiastic plea for better choirs and organs. .

  7. Today he is known as the Father of Public School Music Education. As a result of Mason’s work, choirs began rehearsing twice a week and church music was greatly enhanced throughout the country. He resettled in Boston, and in 1839, as a Boston Music teacher, Lowell Mason published Joy to the World.

  8. Please listen as The St. Michael’s Choir sings it for us.

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