Music History Articles

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

1912

• 1. Musical Thought and Action in the Old World

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

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