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The entire new and compleat tutor for the violin : containing the easiest & best methods for learners to obtain a proficiency, with some useful directions, lessons, graces, &c. / by Geminiani ; to which is added a favourite collection of airs, marches, minuets, song tunes, &c

Title:
New instructions for the violin
Violin preceptor DSI
Author:
Geminiani, Francesco 1687-1762  Search this
Geminiani, Francesco 1687-1762 Art of playing on the violin  Search this
Publisher:
Smart, George music seller  Search this
Physical description:
[4], 32, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : music ; 17 x 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
17uu
[17--?]
Topic:
Violin--Instruction and study  Search this
Call number:
MT262 .G46 1700z
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_744613

The way they play [by] Samuel & Sada Applebaum

Author:
Applebaum, Samuel 1904-  Search this
Applebaum, Sada  Search this
Physical description:
v. <1-6, 11-12> music, ports. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1972
[1972-<c1983>
Topic:
Bowed stringed instruments--Instruction and study  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_745763

The theory and practice of fingering the violoncello : containing rules & progressive lessons for attaining the knowledge & command of the whole compass of the instrument / by John Gunn ..

Author:
Gunn, John ca. 1765-ca. 1824  Search this
Former owner:
Boys, Daniel fl. 1824 DSI  Search this
Henry, R. J. admiral DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[6], 96 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., music ; 33 cm. (fol.)
Type:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1789
[1789]
Topic:
Violoncello--Instruction and study  Search this
Violoncello--Fingering  Search this
Stringed instruments  Search this
Call number:
MT302 .G86 1789
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_744610

The interpretation of piano music, by Mary Venable

Author:
Venable, Mary 1866-  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 252 p. : music ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1913
C1913
Topic:
Piano--Instruction and study  Search this
Piano music--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)  Search this
Piano music--Analysis, appreciation  Search this
Call number:
MT75.V47X 1913
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_390783

Piano instruction in the schools : a report and interpretation of a national survey, edited by William R. Sur

Author:
Sur, William R (William Raymond)  Search this
Music Educators National Conference (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 63 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1949
[c1949]
Topic:
Piano--Instruction and study  Search this
School music--Instruction and study  Search this
Call number:
MT1.S9X 1949
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_396599

Music and the arts in the community : the community music school in America / by Robert F. Egan

Author:
Egan, Robert F. 1924-  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 461 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1989
Topic:
Music--Instruction and study--History  Search this
Community music--History and criticism  Search this
Call number:
MT3.U5E36 1989X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_398283

Repertoire, authenticity, and instruction : the presentation of American Indian music in Oklahoma's elementary schools / Robert J. Damm

Author:
Damm, Robert J. 1964-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 131 p. : forms ; 23 cm
Type:
Music
Place:
Oklahoma
Date:
2000
Topic:
School music--Instruction and study  Search this
History and criticism  Search this
Education  Search this
Multicultural education  Search this
Education, Elementary  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_728952

An historical narrative of the West African Bush schools : implications for contemporary music education curricula / by Amelia Ross-Hammond

Author:
Ross-Hammond, Amelia  Search this
Subject:
Poro (Society)  Search this
Physical description:
iv, 214 leaves : ill., maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, West
Date:
1999
Topic:
Education  Search this
Music--Instruction and study  Search this
Call number:
LC2808.A2 R67 1999a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_717665

Traité des agréments de la musique. Abhandlung über die Verzierungen in der Musik. Treatise on ornaments in music. Réédition complète, commentée et acompagnée d'un appendice, de plusieurs reproductions photographiques et d'une annexe contenant un fac-similé du texte italien original; publié par Edwin R. Jacobi. English translation by Cuthbert Girdlestone

Author:
Tartini, Giuseppe 1692-1770  Search this
Physical description:
139 p. col. port., facsims., music. 24 x 32 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1961
[c1961]
To 1800
Topic:
Embellishment (Music)  Search this
Violin--Instruction and study  Search this
Call number:
MT80 .T19 1961
MT80.T19 1961
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_37585

Libro llamado arte de tañer fantasia. Introd. by Denis Stevens

Author:
Thomas, de Santa Maria Dominican ca. 1515-1570  Search this
Physical description:
90 (i.e. 180), 124 (i.e. 248) p. music. 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1972
16th century
17th century
Topic:
Clavichord--Instruction and study  Search this
Music theory--History  Search this
Call number:
MT252 .T454 1565a
MT252.T454 1565a
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_37916

University of Music and Dramatic Art, 1904-'05 / Marie von Unschuld, president

Author:
University of Music and Dramatic Art (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Unschuld, Marie von  Search this
Subject:
University of Music and Dramatic Art (Washington, D.C.) Catalogs  Search this
Physical description:
41 p., [2] leaves of plates : map, port. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1904
[1904]
Topic:
Music--Instruction and study--Catalogs  Search this
Call number:
MT3.W5 U63 1904
MT3.W5U63 1904
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_390400

Elementary training for musicians, by Paul Hindemith

Author:
Hindemith, Paul 1895-1963  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 237 p. ill., music 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1949
Topic:
Sight-reading (Music)  Search this
Ear training  Search this
Musical dictation  Search this
Music--Instruction and study  Search this
Call number:
MT35 .H66 1949
MT35.H66 1949
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_378684

Traité de la viole, qui contient une dissertation curieuse sur son origine. Une démonstration generale de son manche en quatre figures, avec leurs explications. L'explication de ses jeux differents, & particulierement des pieces par accords, & de l'accompagnement à fond. Des regles certaines, pour connoître tous les agrémens qui se peuvent pratiquer sur cét instrument dans toutes sortes de p...

Author:
Rousseau, Jean 17th cent  Search this
Physical description:
151 p. music, fold. table. 18 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1965
1687
1965]
Topic:
Viol--Instruction and study--To 1800  Search this
Call number:
MT280 .R86 1687a
MT280.R86 1687a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_72834

Adopting a pragmatic approach to the implementation of the music curriculum in colleges of education in Nigeria

Author:
Kayode, Samuel M  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Date:
2006
Topic:
Music--Instruction and study  Search this
Call number:
N7398 .I45
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_920038

The international day school singer : for public schools, juvenile singing classes, institutes, conventions, seminaries, & c ; together with the latest and best music and methods of teaching / by James R. Murray and Wm. H. Pontius

Author:
Pontius, William Henry 1844-1908  Search this
Murray, James R (James Ramsey) 1841-1905  Search this
Physical description:
1 close score (216 p.) ; 14 x 19 cm
Type:
Juvenile
Date:
1884
C1884
Topic:
School songbooks  Search this
Songbooks  Search this
Singing--Instruction and study  Search this
Glees, catches, rounds, etc  Search this
Anthems  Search this
Call number:
M1994 .I58 1884
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_741400

Elementi teorico-pratici di musica : con un saggio sopra l'arte di suonare il violino analizzata, ed a dimostrabili principj ridotta : opera utilissima a chiunque vuol applicare con profitto alla musica, e specialmente a' principianti, dieettanti [i.e. dilettanti], e professori di violino / di Francesco Galeazzi ...

Title:
Elementi di musica
Author:
Galeazzi, Francesco 1758-1819  Search this
Former owner:
Agrillo, Domenico DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 v., 20 folded leaves of plates in various foliations : music ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Type:
Books
Date:
1791
1796
1791-1796
18th century
Topic:
Music theory--History  Search this
Violin--Instruction and study  Search this
Call number:
MT6.G35 E4 1791
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_744621

West African music education : a case for traditional modes of education

Author:
Kwami, Robert M  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Ghana
Date:
1995
Topic:
Music--Instruction and study  Search this
Call number:
N5310.7 .B198
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_499257

Instructions for the trumpet, with the use of the chromatic slide, also the Russian valve trumpet, the cornet à pistons or small stop trumpet, and the keyed bugle [microform] : in which the rudiments of music and the various scales are clearly explained in a series of examples, preludes, lessons, solos, duets, etc. for each instrument / by Thomas Harper

Author:
Harper, Thomas  Search this
Physical description:
68 p. : ill., port., music ; 28 cm
Type:
Microforms
Studies and exercises
Date:
1960
1835
Topic:
Trumpet--Instruction and study  Search this
Trumpet  Search this
Call number:
mfm 2768
mfm 2768
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_446312

Synthesizers and computers / edited by Brent Hurtig

Author:
Hurtig, Brent  Search this
Physical description:
v, 128 p. : ill. ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1987
C1987
Topic:
Computer music--Instruction and study  Search this
Synthesizer (Musical instrument)  Search this
MIDI (Standard)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_462372

Drum damba : talking drum lessons / David Locke ; featuring Abubakari Lunna

Author:
Locke, David 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 212 p. : ill., music ; 24 cm
Type:
Music
Place:
Ghana
Date:
1990
C1990
Topic:
Damba (Drum)--Instruction and study  Search this
Dance music--Instruction and study  Search this
Dagbani (African people)  Search this
Call number:
MT655 .L59 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_453814

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