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Music and Victorian Philanthropy: The Tonic Sol-Fa Movement McGuire, Charles Edward (Associate Professor of Musicology, Oberlin College, Ohio)
Music and Victorian Philanthropy: The Tonic Sol-Fa Movement
McGuire, Charles Edward (Associate Professor of Musicology, Oberlin College, Ohio)
Providing an alternative history of Victorian British music, this book examines the methods of teaching the revolutionary sight-singing notation tonic sol-fa to the masses in Britain and its colonies. Using previously unknown primary sources, McGuire investigates the significant influence the system had on the social history of the Victorian era.
264 pages, 15 music examples
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 16, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521449687 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 234 × 160 × 21 mm · 552 g |
| Language | English |