"A peculiarly sane and readable book, enriched and not merely bedecked with literary allusions, and at all times reasonable and sincere."--_Mail and Express._ PUBLISHED BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY SIXTY-FOUR AND SIXTY-SIX FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK * * * * * THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART EDITED BY JOHN C. VAN DYKE The History _of_ American Music BY LOUIS C. ELSON Illustrated with twelve photogravure plates and more than one hundred text illustrations _Imperial 8vo, cloth, gilt, $5.00 net_ In this "History of American Music," the second of the series, the author has told of the beginnings, the foreign influences, the changes, the methods, the personal endeavors, that have gone to the making of our present music. Many of the events here narrated occurred but yesterday or are happening to-day, and hence have little perspective for the historian. It has not always been possible to say a final word, even if that were desirable. In its stead the widely scattered facts have been brought together and arranged sequentially that they might tell their own story and point their own conclusion. CONTENTS The Religious Beginnings of American Music--Early Musical Organizations--Instrumental Music and American Orchestras--Musical Societies and Institutions--Opera in America--The Folk-Music of America--National and Patriotic Music--American Tone-Masters--The Orchestral Composers of America--Other Orchestral Composers of America--Operatic, Cantata, and Vocal Composers--American Song-Composers--Organists, Choir and Chorus Leaders--The American Composers for Pianoforte--American Women in Music--Musical Criticism and Authorship--The Musical Education of the Present--Qualities and Defects of American Music--General Bibliography--Index. "At last the widely scattered facts which must be the basis of any competent study of American Music are so brought together as to tell their own story and point their own conclusion. "Written in a kindly spirit by an able critic, it is without question the most comprehensive and the best of the works of its class."--_Chicago Record-Herald._ PUBLISHED BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY SIXTY-FOUR AND SIXTY-SIX FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK * * * * * The Art of the Musician: A Guide to the Intelligent Appreciation of Music BY DR. HENRY G. HANCHETT _12mo, cloth, $1.50 net (by mail, $1.63)_ The art of the musician is shown as an intelligent presentation of sounds and rhythms and inspirations into works displaying beauty or expressing emotion. It is by the handling of the materials of music that the composer proves the beauty of his vision. "It should be the duty of every teacher (of music) to see that the work is in the hands of his pupils, for it will make things easier, clearer and more enjoyable."--_Musical Leader._