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Four Centuries of Music Teaching Manuals, 1518-1932
Introductions to a variety of texts used for teaching music. Bernarr Rainbow is widely recognised as the leading authority on the history of music education, from the Greeks up to …
A Handbook of Musical Biography (1883)
A valuable source of information about many minor composers of the 19th century not found in other reference works, including the first edition of Grove. Baptie has ben called "a …
Sir Arthur Somervell on Music Education
The composer Arthur Somervell was also an Inspector of Schools with special responsibility for the teaching of music. His collected writings set forth his philosophy of music …
School Music Abroad (1879-1901)
Accounts of a series of separate visits to schools in many parts of Europe and the USA at a time when the "myth" of continental musical supremacy was being seriously challenged in …
The Singing Master (1836)
The work of a wealthy radical, this book enjoyed immense circulation in schools throughout the English speaking world for many years. The important preface presents new arguments …
The Choral Revival in the Anglican Church, 1839-1872
Survey of an important period in the development of the choral tradition in the Anglican church. When Bernarr Rainbow was director of music at the College of St Mark and St John, …
A Manual of Instruction in Vocal Music (1833)
The first music textbook designed for use in English schools, Turner's Manual is more than a historical curiosity. This, the first music textbook specifically designed for use in …
A Briefe Introduction to the Skill of Song, c. 1587
A facsimile of Bathe's work, the first musical text book to appear in the English language, describes musical methods old and new and will be of great interest to musicologists and …
English Psalmody Prefaces
This volume presents reprints of the prefaces to representative collections of metrical psalms. Psalm-singing, an essentially popular form of music, required some musical knowledge …
Early Essays on Musical Appreciation (1908-1915)
Contains Mary Langdale's two pioneer and hitherto underestimated articles from The Crucible (1908), together with Macpherson's first essays from The RAM Club Magazine (1908) and …
The Direct Road to Music
Music in Independent Schools
The first serious study of music in independent schools, which bears eloquent witness to a high standard achieved over the last fifty years. This is the first serious study of …