Musical Manual. Designed as a Text-Book for Classes or Private Pupils in Vocal or Instrumental Music.

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Scarce Civil War-era music instruction book, intended as a foundational text for both vocal and instrumental training. Rev, Hood, writing from Princeton, New Jersey, states in his preface: “The following pages are designed to aid the teacher of music, and those who are learning the art, whether vocal or instrumental, by supplying a text-book for the pupil to study. It is designed as a hand-book for the piano-forte, from which lessons should be learned and recited regularly. As it differs from other works, so it is hoped it will be better adapted to the necessities of both teacher and pupil. It is believed to be sufficiently full for beginners, and is presented in a style adapted to their understandings and in terms suiting the improved condition of the art. The various subjects are accompanied by copious questions, conveniently placed, which will materially lighten the labor of the teacher and facilitate the studies of the pupil. The work contains a vocabulary of over four hundred musical terms, which will be of great value to the pupil in ascertaining the meaning and intention of an author…”

A practical and structured manual, designed for systematic study, with a strong emphasis on pedagogy.

Price: $45.00