Luther Whiting Mason, international music educator
By: by Sondra Wieland Howe.
Series: Detroit monographs in musicology/Studies in music ;
Publisher: Harmonie Park Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Warren, Mich.
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Mason, Luther Whiting, 1818-1896; Music teachers -- United States -- Biography; Music teachers -- Japan -- Biography
Other titles: Luther Whiting Mason
Description: Luther Whiting Mason was a nineteenth-century educator who made major contributions to music education in America and Japan by promoting the teaching of music for young children, developing teacher training programs, creating the first graded series of music textbooks in Japan, and by heading a committee in Germany that published Neue Gesangschule, based on his National Music Course. - Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149-159]) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Mason chronology; title: The early years; title: Teaching in Cincinnati, 1856-64; title: Service in the American Civil War; title: Teaching in Boston, 1864-78; title: American music textbooks; title: Seeking new opportunities; title: Japan in the Meiji era; title: Teaching in Japan, 1880-82; title: Japanese music textbooks; title: European travels and German music textbooks; title: The later years; title: Appendix.; title: Paper given at the 1876 Music Teachers' National Association; title: Mason's contract; title: Bibliography.; title: Writings in English; title: Writings in Japanese; title: About the author