Excerpt from The American History and Encyclopedia of Music The wants of students and teachers are best known by those who are closely identified and in daily contact with them. From this point of view and with rare sagacity, enter prise and liberality, the most eminent educators have been secured as contributors. They have given their most mature efiorts to their task, and the musical public is now offered the best, most useful and artistic Graded Teachers' Course in the world, the most complete summary of musical knowledge. These contributors present a galaxy of names that stand for the highest achievements in the firmament of American music. The chapter of Vocal Music is covered in the most practical manner by Frederic W. Root, whose positive Americanism is happily united with the results of observation abroad, and whose writings are ever lucid and to the point. Associated with him is Oscar Saenger, the wizard of vocal teachers, whose students are to-day the favorites at the great opera houses here and in Europe. Nothing more valuable than this master's treatment of his subject can be imagined. Har rison M. Wild, the brilliant organmaster, whose successful pupils count by the scores, and to whom the entire organ reper tory from Buxtehude to Reger is an open book, gives us here the epitome of his vast experience so clearly and tersely that every organ student will find his task easier, his work sys tematized. That erudite Frenchman, Dolmetsch, fitly called the archaeologist of music, who has conjured up a veritable renaissance of tempi passati, gives an entertaining chapter on the instruments of bygone days, their possibilities and literature. 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.