4/19/2024 0 Comments Colleges with aural trainingVogt and Healey Willan (Gage 1922, 1929, 1931, 1951) the High School Song Book, edited by James Walker (Renouf 1920 entirely religious in content) and Le Chansonnier canadien pour l'école et le foyer (Beauchemin 1931), by Uldéric S. Suitable for supplementary use at this time were the School and Community Song Book, edited by A.S. Preston's The Normal Music Course (Canada Publishing Co 1883).Īnother noteworthy publication was The Progressive Music Series (Gage 1921 by Horatio Parker and others), which reflected contemporary musical and pedagogical aims and grouped its songs in chapters according to the particular musical problems or sophistications they contained (eg, 'Syncopation,' 'Modulation to remote keys'). The prototype for this publication was S.H. Tufts and Holt's New Normal Music Course (Educational Book Co 1914 used in Saskatchewan and Manitoba) comprised graded exercises and songs grouped into sections, each illustrating a specific musical idea or fact (eg, 'Devotional and patriotic songs,' 'Divided beat in 3/8 and 6/8 time,' 'Easy chromatic progressions. Louis Bouhier sponsored his appearances in Montreal. Popular in Quebec was Chansons de Botrel pour l'école et le foyer (Beauchemin 1903, 1931, 1942, 1953), which contained several songs on Canadian subjects by Théodore Botrel (poet, singer, composer, b Dinan, France,, d Pont-Aven, France, 1925), who toured Quebec several times prior to 1922. Whiting's course was published in four readers, the first of which was used in New Brunswick it assumed that the child was acquainted with the Tonic Sol-fa system and that the appreciation of excellence in music was possible only through familiarity with folksongs. Whiting's The New Public School Music Course (Educational Book Co 1912). McIntyre and used in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) and Charles E. Boucher 1876 the fourth edition, 1887, was authorized by the Roman Catholic School Commission of Montreal).Īmong songbooks of the early 20th century were The King Edward Music Reader (Morang Educational Co 1903 compiled by H.J. Nineteenth-century Quebec songbooks included Le Chansonnier des collèges (bureau de 'l'Abeille' 1850, 1854, 1860 only the 1860 edition included the music), Chansonnier de tous les âges or Nouvelle Lyre canadienne (Chapleau 1858), and Le Chansonnier des écoles (A.J. Cringan later wrote The New Canadian Song Series (Canada Publishing Co 1931-4). In Alexander Cringan's The Canadian Music Course (Canada Publishing Co 1888) and The Educational Music Course (4 vols, Canada Publishing Co 1898-1907), syllables of the Tonic Sol-fa system ('doh' as the tonic of the prevailing key rather than 'doh' as C) replaced the actual notation. Hand signs, syllables, numbers, and time-names were used to develop proficiency in tonal awareness and music reading. According to Preston, any teacher could learn a carefully graded series of exercises and songs for classroom presentation. Preston's adaptations of The Public School Music Reader (Canada Publishing Co 1885) and The High School Music Reader (Canada Publishing Co 1885) by John Tufts and H.E. This belief in the refining influence of music was evident in S.H. Like other educational material of the time, 19th-century songbooks aimed at rousing a student's interest in music, acquainting him with standard works, and encouraging socially approved behaviour. The earliest authorized music textbook in Canada was Henry Francis Sefton's Three Part Songs (James Campbell & Son, 1869), which contained a large number of British tunes and some from Canada and other countries. Another large category of songbooks, those devoted to folksongs, are surveyed under Folk music. Books recommended or authorized for use in Canadian schools are included in this survey. Those collections of songs that are intended for classroom use, generally are arranged according to pedagogical principles in progressive order of their application in teaching and accompanied by explanatory sections and glossaries, and sometimes incorporating instruction in rudiments or chapters on music appreciation.
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