The study of music in public schools

Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Letter of the commissioner of education to the secretary of the interior.--The place of music among the aesthetic arts defined, and its value as a part of free common school instruction considered: by C. Warren.--The necessity of music in public schools: by Prof. C. W. Landon.--Why vocal music should by required by the state as a part of public school instruction: by Supervisor G. A. Veazie, jr.--The education of public school teachers in the art of singing: by N. C. Stewart.--To what extent are special teachers of music necessary? by H. E. Holt.--Sight-reading: what it is, and how attainable: by Prof. C. W. Landon.--The relations of medicine to music: by E. Cutter, M. D.--Education in music at home and abroad: by the United States commissioner of education.--Appendix: Classified statistics of instruction in vocal music, as reported by 243 cities and towns in the United States, List of lay singing societies and conductors