New American Music Reader Number Four Classic Reprint

Excerpt from New American Music Reader: Number Four

Book no. 4 completes the series of the New American Music Readers.

For Elementary and High Schools - The methods of this book naturally follow those of the preceding numbers in the series, and the needs of the classes in the advanced grammar grades, namely, those of the seventh and eighth years, are fully met. It will be found also that the methods and material in the book are well adapted to work in high schools where a text-book is needed.

The book has been two years in preparation, and the material has been drawn not only from the author's actual experience in teaching, but also from the experience of many leading supervisors of music in this country and in Europe.

An examination of Book No. 4 will show that needed reviews in keys, rhythms and other technical details have not been neglected, and it should be noted that examples are found in all the minor keys. Nevertheless it has been deemed wise, since the greater part of needed technical work has already been thoroughly developed in the preceding books of the series, to make this, the concluding volume, one that is particularly characterized as a book of song.

The work in upper grammar grades, if the previous training has been properly done, may very well largely consist of the sight reading of songs songs of a character that will interest and stimulate the pupils. It is notorious that in these years' interest is liable to fall off if the study is made too technical. Pupils enjoy good music, and no trouble is experienced in inducing them to sing if good music is presented to them. Great care should be taken to bring out aesthetic values and emotional quality in the interpretation of song.

Needs of Older Boys - The chief problem in the last two years of the ele mentary course, and in high schools as well, is how to deal with boys. At this time they begin to mature, many voices are changing or about to change, and it has always been difficult to keep the boys singing until the voices have finally assumed the mature condition. It is believed that this important problem has been satisfactorily and practically solved in this book. Ample provision is made for the changing voice and for the changed voice, and the introduction of the bass clef has been treated in a new and logical way.

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