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First Reprint Edition. Issued with a specially compiled original index.
Complete microfiche reprint of all the volumes published plus two extra volumes of special interest.
The Microfiche Reprint is in two parts: PART I: 57 volumes of the Proceedings, 1876-1950. 17,300 pages. Historical Handbook of the MTNA by H.S. Perkins, 1893. 104 pages. Official Souvenir Program for the 19th MTNA convention, 1897. 70 pages. PART II:Index to the Volumes, by John A. Schietroma, New York, 1979. Microfiche edition: a) Subject Index: 1,200 categories with cross references. Derived from 2,046 articles. b) Author Index: containing 871 entries. Total Index pages: 300 pages. TOTAL OF PARTS I & II: 17,774 pages. Published in two microfiche binders. Shelf-storable.
The microfiche reprint of the MTNA Volumes is a set of 216 microfiche arranged sequentially to follow the chronological order of the printed volumes. The Index consists of four additional fiche.
The MTNA Volumes constitute the richest, most varied collection of writings on music to be found in America's past. It covers subjects of interest to musicologists, ethnomusicologists, music educators on all levels, instrumental and vocal teachers, critics, librarians, social historians, choral, band and orchestral directors, composers, and scholars of Americana.
The Volumes are rarely found complete in even the largest libraries and, of course, no book edition has the Index which is original with our microfiche edition. The Index, which is available separately on fiche, is extremely refined (1,200 subject categories) making simple any information extraction.
Founded in 1876, the MTNA is the oldest continuing musical organization in the United States. Members included vocal and instrumental teachers, composers, conductors, administrators, publishers, musicologists, music librarians and music educators.
At the annual meetings, members and invited notables presented research papers, addresses and reports. These were published in annual bound books (about 500 pages each), along with reports of all that transpired at the meetings. The combined formal papers and other reports constitute a unique reference resource for studies in American music history.
The lack of a detailed index and rarity of the Volumes themselves in the past has limited the use of the Volumes until now. With both problems eliminated by the microfiche reprint and its new Index, one can research subjects ranging from Acoustics to Zarlino; Adam de la Halle to Zeisler (Fannie B.); from Absorption of Sound Energy to Zither; Aztec Music to WPA Music.
An unusually rich roster of authors contributed to the Volumes: O. G. Sonneck, Howard Hanson, Charles Seeger, Percy Goetschius, 0. Kinkeldy, Joseph Schillinger, Leon Theremin, Alan Lomax, Arnold Schoenberg, Gilbert Chase, Roger Sessions, George E. Root, to name a few.
17,774 pages
Complete Microfiche Edition with 2 binders and Index..$895.00
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