Thomas Tapper
Thomas Tapper was a musician, composer, lecturer, writer, teacher, and editor, who was born in Canton, Massachusetts, and studied music at the American College of Musicians. He wrote many books on music, mostly for children and young adults. His most famous being Lives of Great Composers picture book series. He also wrote the First Year Series for musical instruction, which included First Year Musical Theory, First Year Counterpoint, First Year Harmony, Second Year harmony, First Year Analysis, and First Year Melody Writing. He was the editor of "The Musician," and promoted rural music and community music. Tapper also promoted rote learning in the rote-note controversy of the late 19th Century music education. His students included Isabel Stewart North and Carrie Burpee Shaw.
Music Talks with Children
"Music Talks with Children" by Thomas Tapper is an educational guide written in the late 19th century. This work aims to engage children in conversati...
By Thomas Tapper
Franz Liszt : The Story of a Boy Who Became a Great Pianist and Teacher
"Franz Liszt: The Story of a Boy Who Became a Great Pianist and Teacher" by Tapper is a children's biography written in the early 20th century. The bo...
By Thomas Tapper
Robt. Schumann : The Story of the Boy Who Made Pictures in Music
"Robt. Schumann: The Story of the Boy Who Made Pictures in Music" by Thomas Tapper is an educational children's book written in the early 20th century...
By Thomas Tapper
Verdi : The Story of the Little Boy who Loved the Hand Organ
"Verdi: The Story of the Little Boy who Loved the Hand Organ" by Thomas Tapper is an educational children's book likely written in the early 20th cent...
By Thomas Tapper
Handel : The Story of a Little Boy who Practiced in an Attic
"Handel: The Story of a Little Boy who Practiced in an Attic" by Thomas Tapper is a children's biography that explores the early life of the illustrio...
By Thomas Tapper
Wagner : The Story of the Boy Who Wrote Little Plays
"Wagner: The Story of the Boy Who Wrote Little Plays" by Thomas Tapper is an educational children's book written in the early 20th century. The book i...
By Thomas Tapper
Franz Schubert : The Story of the Boy Who Wrote Beautiful Songs
"Franz Schubert: The Story of the Boy Who Wrote Beautiful Songs" by Thomas Tapper is a children's biography written in the early 20th century. This ed...
By Thomas Tapper
Chopin : The Story of the Boy Who Made Beautiful Melodies
"Chopin: The Story of the Boy Who Made Beautiful Melodies" by Thomas Tapper is a children's biography written in the early 20th century. This educatio...
By Thomas Tapper
Mozart : The story of a little boy and his sister who gave concerts
"Mozart: The Story of a Little Boy and His Sister Who Gave Concerts" by Thomas Tapper is a children's biography written in the early 20th century. Thi...
By Thomas Tapper
Johann Sebastian Bach : The story of the boy who sang in the streets
"Johann Sebastian Bach: The story of the boy who sang in the streets" by Tapper is a children's book that serves as an introductory biography written ...
By Thomas Tapper
Franz Joseph Haydn : The Story of the Choir Boy who became a Great Composer
"Franz Joseph Haydn: The Story of the Choir Boy who Became a Great Composer" by Thomas Tapper is a children's biography that was likely written in the...
By Thomas Tapper
Edvard Grieg : The Story of the Boy Who Made Music in the Land of the Midnight Sun
"Edvard Grieg: The Story of the Boy Who Made Music in the Land of the Midnight Sun" by Thomas Tapper is an illustrated children's biography written in...
By Thomas Tapper
Beethoven : The story of a little boy who was forced to practice
"Beethoven: The story of a little boy who was forced to practice" by Thomas Tapper is a children's educational biography written in the early 20th cen...
By Thomas Tapper