Four Centuries of Music Teaching Manuals, 1518-1932

[A] rich document by a wonderful scholar, connecting our own teaching efforts with centuries of valuable thought and practice.

• 1518 George Rhau, Enchiridion utrisque musica practicae1539 Martin Agricola, Rudimentum musices1550 Lois Bourgeois, Le droit chemin de musique1587 William Bathe, Briefe Introduction to the Skill of Song1731 J. C. Pepusch, Treatise on Harmony1742 J. J. Rousseau, Projet concernant de nouveaux signes1801 Anne Gunn, Introduction to Music1806 A. F. C. Kollmann, A New Theory of Practical Harmony1906 J. W. Callcott, Musical Grammar1809 H. G. Nägeli, (i) Die Pestalozzische Gesangbildungslehre1810 H. G. Nägeli, (ii) Gesangbildungslehre1818 P. Galin, Rationale for a New Way of Teaching Music1812 W. Crotch, Elements of Musical Education1815 J. B. Logier, Companion to the Patent Royal Chiroplast1819 J. Kemp, A New System of Musical Education1819 M. P. (D. Kilner), Child's Introduction to Thorough Bass1830 F. J. Fétis, La musique mise à la portée de tout le monde1831 W. Crotch, Substance of Several Courses of Lectures1831 W. C. Stafford, History of Music1833 J. Turner, Manual of Instruction in Vocal Music1835 S. Glover, Scheme for Rendering Psalmody Congregational1836 W. E. Hickson, The Singing Master1836 A. Rodwell, The Juvenile Pianist1839 A. B. Marx, Allgemeine Musiklehre, trans (1853)1824 E. Jue de Bernval, La musique apprise sans maître