First published in 1967, this is more than a book about music education, it is also a social history of the subject.

A facsimile of Bathe’s work, the first musical text book to appear in the English language, describes musical methods old and new and will be of great interest to musicologists…

The definitive edition of the state-approved textbook used in Hullah’s singing classes and in schools throughout Britain and the colonies during the second half of the nineteenth century.

The composer Arthur Somervell was also an Inspector of Schools with special responsibility for the teaching of music. His collected writings set forth his philosophy of music education and cast…