New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
The Musicians Calture--A Chat with aouhe AeacEers

The following is but a mere outline ~
first class library for musicians:
All forms Of dldactic matter. includ-
ing the topics, theory, harmony, form
counterpart and fugue, etc, have been
treated most skilfully By such author,
az A j. Goodrich, Percy Goetchius. Dr.
II A. Clark, /. H. Mansfield. George r
Cow, John Stainer, H. J. Cornell. Ex.
cellent works for young students by
Thomas Taper. r. II. Shepard, J. &.
Lobe lCatechism), while Richter. ia.
dassohn, Hauptmann, Remain, Prout
Bridge and Marx are Of standard i'm.
rortance
o. general popular didactic impor.
lance are Krehbieps How 20 Listen "a
Music" Matthews How 70 Understand
Music Henderson's what Is Good
Music" Baltzel's Harmony" Tapper',
Chats with Music Students" TaDper's
Music Talks with Children and Layig-
nae Music and Musicians
Acoustics and aesthetics. H. A.
Ciarke's Music and the Comrade
arts" Hanslick's The Beautiful in
Music" Stainer's "Music and the Emo
tiCns," Lavignac Musical Education,
Stones Scientific Basis OF Music" and
Helmholtz's Sensations Of Tone.'
History and Biography Waldo S.
Pratt's The History Of Music" z.
Dickinson's Lectures on Musical His.
tory Elson's The Great Composers"
Rittcr's Music in America Matthew'S
Hundred Years Of Music in America"
Bie's History Of the Pianoforte," c.
II. II. Parry's Summary Of Musical
History" Powers "A Dictionary Of the
Pianoforte." BaltzelPs History Of
Music" Cookies Standard History"
f. j. Hopkins History Of the Organ"
HenGerson's "The Story Of Music"
Finck's Wagner and His Works."
Julian's Life OF Wagner" HueFer's
"The Great Musicians" Huneker's
Chopin" Lahee's Famous P!snists,'
Remnants "Catechism OF Musical His
tory" Hannah Smiths Music, How It
Came To Be- r. c. Hopes Medieval
Music"
Cyclopadias, Dictionaries. Etc
Groves Dictionary Of Music and Mu-
sicians." Scribner's .Champlin and APP
thorp) encyclopedia Of Music and Au-
s.cians," Elson's Dictionary Her.
mans Hand Book OF Music" Theo
Bakers Dictionary" Mason and Mat
thews's Dictionary" Fi..more's Pa
anoforte Music" Remanns Cate
chism Of Musical Instruments"
Orchestral Matters Ber.ioz's Or
chcstration." Prout's THE Orchestra"
Coerne's Evolution Of Modern Orches-
tration." Henderson's The Orchestra"
Essays and General Reading Chris
tiani's Expression in Piano Playing
Haweis's Music and Morals Hun
eker's "Mezzotints," Krehbieps Music
and Manners" Schumann's Music and
Musicians" D. G.. Mason's The Or
chestral Instruments" RusselPs "Psy-
chic Reflections The Story Of Ro-
manticism." Music as a Sociological
Factor" "A Study Of Parsifal," plain
Talk" "The Use Of English Speech in
Song" Wagner Beethoven" Kreh-
biel's THE Pianoforte,' Russells Tho
Defect in American Musicianship.'
Embellishments" Luna May Eunis's
Music in Art" Wagner's art Life and
Theories The list is long and en-
ticing to the earnest mind, leaving out.
though il does. vocal and instrumental
didactic works, of which a long story
might be written. were Il 10 the pur-
pose OF this article.
A final word repeats the opening
thought of this paper. The musician,
especially the teacher. should be ever
progressing in his art. kindred arts
and in general intellectual develop
ment, that he may measure up with
the most cultured OF men and become
as effective member Of society as the
serious requirements of his profession
demand.