The Cambridgeshire Report on the Teaching of Music

Contents

• The committee
• List of persons consulted
• Preface
• Introduction
• Part I. The Value of Music to the Community and the Place that it Should Occupy in Education
• Part II. Specimen Schemes of Musical Training for Children and Adults: Introductory
• 1. Primary education
• 2. Post primary education
• 3. Small schools: covering infant schools and junior schools (primary), and senior classes (post-primary)
• 4. Training colleges
• 6. The contribution of the universities
• Part III . Suggestion on Teaching Methods:
• 1. Infants'
• introduction to music in school
• 2. Training of children's voices
• 3. Treatment of adolescent voices
• 4. Ear-training n melody and harmony
• 5. Training in rhythm and musical dictation
• 6. Vocal sight-reading
• 7. Instrumental sight-reading
• 8. Teaching the history of music
• 9. Extemporisation and melody-writing
• 10. Learning instruments in class
• 11. Listening to music
• 12. The use of mechanically reproduced music
• 13. Correlation of music with other studies
• 14. Musical education of difficult and retarded types
• 15. Conducting and training of children's choirs
• 16. Conducting and training of children's orchestras
• 17. Conducting and training of adult choirs
• 18. Conducting and training of adult orchestras
• 19. Training of conductors
• Part IV . Other Aspects of Music:
• 1. Music and the corporate life of the school
• 2. Concerts for children
• 3. Other musical influences on the child out of school
• 4. Organisation of adult choirs
• 5. Organisation of adult orchestras
• 6. Musical festivals and competitions
• 7. The fostering of musical education by local organisations: as illustrated by the Cambridgeshire Council of Musical Education
• 8. Circulating libraries of music and books on music
• 9. Examinations, external and internal, and inspections
• 10. Community
• Part V. Retrospect and Conclusions
• Appendix A. List of song books
• Appendix B. List of hymn books
• Appendix C. List of orchestral and chamber music
• Appendix D. List of pianoforte music
• Appendix E. Classified list of books on music
• Appendix F. Periodicals on music
• Appendix G. Instruments and apparatus
• Appendix H. Organisations which can give outside musical help and the nature of the help given
• Appendix I. Societies and companies which publish educational gramophone records and player-piano rolls, and publishers who have educational departments in music.