The Cambridgeshire Report on the Teaching of Music

The committee; List of persons consulted; Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Value of Music to the Community and the Place that it Should Occupy in Education; Part II. Specimen Schemes of Musical Training for Children and Adults: Introductory; 1. Primary education; 2. Post primary education; 3. Small schools: covering infant schools and junior schools (primary), and senior classes (post-primary); 4. Training colleges; 5. Part-time further education; 6. The contribution of the universities; Part III. Suggestion on Teaching Methods: 1. Infants' introduction to music in school; 2. Training of children's voices; 3. Treatment of adolescent voices; 4. Ear-training n melody and harmony; 5. Training in rhythm and musical dictation; 6. Vocal sight-reading; 7. Instrumental sight-reading; 8. Teaching the history of music; 9. Extemporisation and melody-writing; 10. Learning instruments in class; 11. Listening to music; 12. The use of mechanically reproduced music; 13. Correlation of music with other studies; 14. Musical education of difficult and retarded types; 15. Conducting and training of children's choirs; 16. Conducting and training of children's orchestras; 17. Conducting and training of adult choirs; 18. Conducting and training of adult orchestras; 19. Training of conductors; Part IV. Other Aspects of Music: 1. Music and the corporate life of the school; 2. Concerts for children; 3. Other musical influences on the child out of school; 4. Organisation of adult choirs; 5. Organisation of adult orchestras; 6. Musical festivals and competitions; 7. The fostering of musical education by local organisations: as illustrated by the Cambridgeshire Council of Musical Education; 8. Circulating libraries of music and books on music; 9. Examinations, external and internal, and inspections; 10. Community; Part V. Retrospect and Conclusions; Appendix A. List of song books; Appendix B. List of hymn books; Appendix C. List of orchestral and chamber music; Appendix D. List of pianoforte music; Appendix E. Classified list of books on music; Appendix F. Periodicals on music; Appendix G. Instruments and apparatus; Appendix H. Organisations which can give outside musical help and the nature of the help given; Appendix I. Societies and companies which publish educational gramophone records and player-piano rolls, and publishers who have educational departments in music.