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William Mason (Boston, January 24 1829 – New York City, July 14, 1908) was an American composer, and a member of a musical family.

William's father was composer Lowell Mason, a leading figure in American church music. William's younger brother Henry Mason was a co-founder of the piano manufacturers Mason and Hamlin.

William was the first American piano student of Franz Liszt and introduced many works of Robert Schumann and other famous Europeans to Americans during the rough Civil War era and beyond, at a time when classical music still had little American identity. He is remembered above all for his Chopinesque compositions for piano.

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