Music History Articles

1908

• 1. Greek Instruments
  2. Greek Modes
  3. Medieval Religious Music
  4. Medieval Secular Music
  5. Music in Assyria
  6. Music in China
  7. Music in Egypt
  8. Music in Greece
  9. Music in India
  10. Music in Italy
  11. Music in Palestine
  12. Music in Persia and Arabia
  13. Music in Peru and Mexico
  14. Periods of Greek Music
  15. The Contrapuntal Schools

1909

• 1. The Boyhood of Some Famous Pianists
  2. The Influence of the Amateur in Music
  3. The Miracle of Inspiration
  4. Their Obstacles and How They Overcame Them
  5. How Music Began
  6. The Story of the Pianoforte
  7. The Educational Influence of the Opera
  8. The Story of the Polonaise
  9. The Story of the Piano

1910

• 1. An Appreciation of Chopin
  2. What Women Have Done For Music In Russia
  3. A Dream Letter From Frederic Chopin
  4. A Trip To The Shrine Of Beethoven - Part 1 - Written by Richard Wagner
  5. A Trip To The Shrine Of Beethoven - Part 3 - Written by Richard Wagner
  6. Peculiarities of the Genius of Famous Musicians
  7. Have Women Had Just Opportunities In Music
  8. Ancient Origin of a Famous Song - For He's A Jolly Good Fellow
  9. Music the American People Demand - Written by John Philip Sousa
  10. Heredity and Music
  11. Forgotten Rivals of Great Composers

1911

• 1. Thought and Action in Musical Europe
  2. William H. Sherwood - 1854-1911
  3. A Musicians Letters To An Ambitious Student
  4. About Accompanying
  5. From Brain To Fingers
  6. Musical Growth Through Usage
  7. Preparing the Hand and Mind for Touch and Tone
  8. Some Recent Music for Piano
  9. The Fundamental Principles of Piano Playing
  10. The Teachers Round Table

1912

• 1. Musical Thought and Action in the Old World
  2. The Necessity for Pre-Keyboard Musical Training
  3. The Oldest Living Composer in 1912
  4. First Compositions of the Masters
  5. Helpful Devices for Our Pupils
  6. Some Causes of Failure
  7. Can You Answer These Questions
  8. Making a Success of the Pupils Recital
  9. Give Character to Your Recital
  10. Awakening the Divine Spark
  11. The Ten Most Important Epochs
  12. Artistic Aims in Pianoforte Playing
  13. Chopin and The Tempo Rubato
  14. Musical Thought And Action In The Old world
  15. How to Execute Mordents Trills and Appoggiaturas
  16. The Virtuoso's Triumph
  17. The Industry of the Composers
  18. The Critical Period of Music Study
  19. Drill in Music History
  20. Helping Yourself to Success

1913

• 1. Musical Thought and Action Over the Seas
  2. Learn Things for Yourself
  3. What is Meant by Great Intrepretations
  4. The Music of the People in Russian Masterpieces
  5. Developing Patience in Music Teaching
  6. Spohr on Beethoven as a Conductor
  7. When Criticism is Justified
  8. Success in Classroom Teaching
  9. Only the Best
  10. What the Teacher Should Memorize
  11. How Some Famous Musical Pieces Got Their Names
  12. Making Use of the Beautiful
  13. Schubert's Moment Musical in F Minor
  14. The Teacher's Round Table
  15. Holding On
  16. Selecting a Teacher
  17. Dickens Hard Work
  18. Modern Italian Opera
  19. Offenbachs Remarkable American Experiences
  20. The Prophet in His Own Country

1914

• 1. Tributes to the Memory of Hans Engelmann
  2. The Chief Musical Forces of the 19th Century
  3. Musical Thought and Action in the Old World
  4. Great Singers Who Have Influenced Composers

1915

• 1. Rafael Joseffy - 1853-1915
  2. Ferdinand Ries and Paganini
  3. Three Famous Men Who Led Orchestras
  4. What Berlioz Thought of Gottschalk as a Pianist
  5. Saint_Saens on Gounod's Faust

1917

• 1. Tolstoi Throws a Bomb Into Art and Music
  2. Early French, Italian and German Composers
  3. A Group of Modern Masters
  4. The Spirit of the Polonaise

1919

• 1. The Wonderful Renaissance of Giusseppe Verdi
  2. Beethoven's Rondo in C Major Analyzed and Annotated
  3. Favorite Instruments of Great Composers
  4. Leopold Auer on Violin Geniuses

1921

• 1. Historical Music Study
  2. Classical? What Does it Really Mean
  3. Legend of a Famous Lieurance Song
  4. William M. Felton
  5. Life Maxims of Great Musicians
  6. The Soul of Poland in Music
  7. Learning to Like the Classics
  8. Characteristics of Famous Operatic Composers
  9. "Borrowed" Melodies
  10. Birds as Singers and Music Teachers
  11. George L Spaulding - 1864-1921
  12. One Minute With...
  13. Bioto's Masterpiece - Mefistofele
  14. Bizet's Masterpiece - Carmen
  15. Charpentier's Masterpiece - Louise
  16. Halevy's Masterpiece - La Juive
  17. Puccini's Masterpiece - La Boheme

General

• 1. A Plea for More Rational Teaching
  2. A Group of Modern Masters
  3. A Brief History of Notation
  4. Comtemporaries and Successors of the Romanticists
  5. Developing Patience in Music Teaching
  6. Early Chinese Music
  7. Early Hindu Music
  8. Early Japanese Music
  9. Early Study of Music
  10. Some Interesting Novelties
  11. Music of the Hebrews
  12. Music of the Chaldeans
  13. Music of the Egyptians
  14. Music of the Greeks
  15. Music of the Pre-Classical Period
  16. The Beginnings of Modern Music
  17. The Opera in the Evolution of Music
  18. The Origin and Development of Opera
  19. History Of The Madrigal
  20. Palestrina And The Madrigal
  21. The First Classical Period 1700-1750 Polyphonic Music
  22. The Three Greatest Composers Of Polyphonic Music For The_Harpsichord
  23. Monophonic Music - Its Formal - Construction - The Sonata Form
  24. Three Composers Of The Sonata Form
  25. The Content Of Music
  26. Music Outside The Church
  27. Polyphonic Development and the Importance of the Polyphonic Era
  28. Transition From The Classic To The Romantic Period
  29. History Of The Academie De Musique
  30. English Opera From The Eighteenth Century To About 1910
  31. Slavonic Opera
  32. Opera Today (1910) In Italy Germany And France
  33. The Chief Opera Houses
  34. Influence Of Art On Music
  35. The Chief Musical Forces of the 19th Century
  36. The Gallo Belgic School
  37. The English Polyphonic School
  38. The School of The Netherlands
  39. The Italian School
  40. The Technic Of The First Classical Period
  41. The Technic Of The Second Classical Period
  42. The Technic Of The Transition Period
  43. The Technic Of The Romantic Period
  44. The Epoch Of Polyphonic Music
  45. The Ecclesiastical System
  46. The Greek Octave System
  47. Keyboard Instruments
  48. Music in the Protestant Churches
  49. Norways Folk Song Heritage
  50. A New History Of English Music
  51. A Little Known Irish Musician