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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
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1In line with the advance in school music objectives the underlying principles of these books were to develop the child in the four essentials of music education—good musical conceptions through the songs, voice training, sight singing and musical interpretation. This series has been extensively sold.
3The next series of this company is "The Music Education Series" prepared by Thaddeus P. Giddings, Will Earhart, Ralph L. Baldwin, and Elbridge W. Newton, as managing editor, and published in 1923.
5"This is the first course divorced from 'method,' that is, material is furnished consisting entirely of songs sufficiently beautiful and easy to be used by adherents of any method. And to other essentials of music education is added an organized course in music appreciation with phonographic records made expressly for the purpose. The course in listening grows out of the vocal material of the series and consists largely of instrumental classics. This course has served more than any other." 7
7This series follows the Standard Course of Study adopted by the Music Supervisors' National Conference and is arranged in four-book, five-book and eight-book courses to meet the needs of various sizes of school systems, differing only in the number of songs. The eight-book course is one book to a grade. There are two teachers' manuals, one for the shorter book course and the other for the eight-book course, a home edition of four volumes with accompaniments, Adventures in Music for rural schools with a pamphlet teachers' guide and weekly outlines for teachers. In 1935 the book Magic of Song for intermediate assemblies (fifth and sixth grades) was added to this series. In addition there are five cases, containing fifty-four music appreciation records to be used with a music appreciation textbook.
9A basic high school series "The Musical Art Series" was brought out about the same time as "The Music Education Series." This consists of a chorus book and smaller books of hymns, patriotic songs, Christmas carols, folk songs and college songs. In 1932 Assembly Songs and Choruses for high school use came out.
11Ginn & Company is the only music publishing house which has made its own music appreciation records. This was done in 1926 with members of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra led
137 Copyright letter of January 1932 of Elbridge W. Newton of Ginn & Company p. 8.
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