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How to Understand Music: A Concise Course in Musical Intelligence and Taste

W. S. B. Mathews
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W. S. B. Mathews. How to Understand Music: A Concise Course in Musical Intelligence and Taste. Chicago: Lyon & Healy, 1881.
Title
How to Understand Music: A Concise Course in Musical Intelligence and Taste
Author
W. S. B. Mathews
Edition
1881 first edition; later revised editions appeared under Theodore Presser.
Publisher
Lyon & Healy
Place
Chicago
Year
1881
Language
English
Type
Music appreciation / pedagogy

SCOPE & CONTENT

A practical late-nineteenth-century course in musical listening and analysis, combining object lessons, essays, terminology and reference material.

RESEARCH VALUE

Important for the history of American music appreciation and pedagogy; useful for tracing how form, style and taste were taught before modern musicology.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC CONTEXT

1881 first edition; later revised editions appeared under Theodore Presser. Publisher: Lyon & Healy, Chicago, 1881. The record is indexed by normalized title and author variants so it remains discoverable when a PDF filename is shortened or inconsistent.

RESEARCH VALUE

Important for the history of American music appreciation and pedagogy; useful for tracing how form, style and taste were taught before modern musicology.

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