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<\/a>These large musical scores were printed in 1851 on \u201cWhite & Potter\u2019s Steam Press\u20144,000 impressions per hour\u2014Spring Lane, Boston.\u201d As a printing feat they are impressive\u2014rich black notes, easily seen at a distance.\u00a0 Lowell Mason\u2019s Musical Exercises for Singing Schools<\/em> promotes the use of the large printed score as a way to speed along the teaching of music in the classroom.\u00a0 They were meant to free the teacher from drawing scores on the blackboard. The exercises accompany Mason\u2019s Manual of the Boston Academy of Music.\u00a0 <\/em>Mason and George James Webb established the Academy to promote music education in general and to raise the standards of church music.\u00a0 The academy had enrolled 3,000 students by its 2nd<\/sup> year.\u00a0 Mason was credited with introducing music education in public schools.\u00a0 His influence on church music was equally felt, promoting classical European music rather than the American music of the revivalists, such as Joshua Leavitt’s Christian Lyre<\/em>.<\/p>\n