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Book SynopsisIn Sarah Anna Glover: Nineteenth Century Music Education Pioneer, Jane Southcott explores the life and pedagogy of Sarah Anna Glover, the female music education pioneer of congregational singing (psalmody) and singing in nineteenth-century schools. Glover devoted her life to the creation and propagation of a way of teaching class music that was meticulously devised, musically rigorous, and successfully promulgated. Southcott analyzes Glover’s methods, history, and memory, and works to correct inaccuracies and misrepresentations that have emerged since Glover’s death.
Table of ContentsChapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: The Early Life and Ideas of Sarah Glover Chapter Three: First Music Education Experiments Chapter Four: Advice from an old friend Chapter Five: The German Canons and the Sol-fa Tune Book Chapter Six: The Norwich Solfa Fully Worked Out Chapter Seven: The Solfa Harmonicon with Rotary Cylinder Chapter Eight: Teaching the Norwich Solfa Chapter Nine: Glover’s Fascination with Prismatic Colour and Natural Theology Chapter Ten: Support and Criticism Chapter Eleven: Good Works Chapter Twelve: John Curwen Takes Hold of Miss Glover’s Method Chapter Thirteen: Curwen’s Modifications and Management Chapter Fourteen: An Uneasy Truce Chapter Fifteen: Collegial Correspondence with John Hullah Chapter Sixteen: Semi-Retirement Chapter Seventeen: New Lodgings Chapter Eighteen: The Friction Continues Chapter Nineteen: The Final Years Chapter Twenty: Re-Writing History
