Excerpt from Fourth Music Reader All forms of music are represented, from the simple folk song to the me] odies of the greatest composers of all nationalities, gleaned from the fields of song, cantata, oratorio, opera, and symphony. Some of the best living composers are represented by settings of poems every child should know. The wide range of song subjects and the variety of moods represented in the Course respond to the complex nature and environment of youth. The part songs are made particularly attractive by contrapuntal treatment, by the introduction of the melodic theme in the lower voices, and by voice accompaniments. The vocal arrangements from the classics reflect the spirit of the original, both melodically and harmonically. The Plan. The plan underlying the arrangement of the material furnishes an outline for consecutive study; at the same time the material is so grouped that any modification of the plan may easily be made by teachers when desirable. Suggestive beadings and marginal notes make clear the special rhythmic and melodic problems in process of development. The marginal notes aecom pany the melodies which first incorporate the problems named. T be Glossary in each reader is an authority upon which teacher and pupil can depend Degreesfor definition and representation of musical terms and signs occurring in that reader. At the same time it summarizes for the teacher the technical work which study of the reader develops. The glossaries of the successive books contain such analysis as may logically be presented in connection with the respective readers. The Fourth Music Reader is adapted for study in the average seventh or combined seventh and eighth grades. The Fourth Part I of the Fourth Music Reader is a review of the problems of the Third Music Reader and the introduction of a skip before and after the intermediate tone. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.