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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 1910 appeared The New Normal Music Course by Tufts and Holt, a revision of their earlier series.
3In the same year were published The Child's First Studies in Music and two books of graded songs by Samuel W. Cole, Supervisor of Music in Brookline and teacher at the New England Conservatory. Cole & Lewis' Harmonia for part choruses of mixed voices also appeared in 1910.
5The Progressive Music Series published in 1914 with Horatio William Parker, Osbourne McConathy, W. Otto Miessner and Edward Bailey Birge as editors was this company's next important set of graded textbooks.
7The basic idea of this series was the song method and in general it followed the principles of the "Modern Music Course." It contained a suggested weekly program for the aid of the grade teachers. It was the first course to use many selections of modern composers, some being composed especially for the series.
9It consists of four books for the eight grades, three teachers' manuals with accompaniments and additional rote songs and a primary song book for sight reading. There is also a Catholic edition with a Gregorian chant supplement, and a one-book course for rural schools. It was used quite extensively before the publication of the company's latest series.
11The "Music Appreciation Course" by Mabelle Glenn, Margaret Lowry and Margaret De Forest was published in 1926. It is a complete course from the first grade through senior high school, correlated with vocal lessons and can be used with any series of textbooks. There are two teachers' manuals and three pupils' music note-books for the grades, two pupils' music note-books for junior high school, a manual for these note-books, a supplementary book of Listening Lessons by Agnes Moore Fryberger and Music Appreciation for Junior High School. The course leaves detailed analysis of form for more advanced study.
13The latest vocal graded series is The Music Hour edited by Osbourne McConathy, W. Otto Miessner, Edward B. Birge and Mabel E. Bray. The first numbers in this were published in 1927 and others have been added gradually to date.
15The song is the basic method of approach in this series also. The song material was selected from standard sources, folk song literature and original works of contemporary composers. It is
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