Musical Foundations (1927; 2nd ed.1932)

This detailed study is based on reliable information and developments can be traced in a context where school music had made great strides since the nineteenth century. Borland discusses the teaching of notation; song repertoire;listening to music; percussion bands; the use of the piano and pianola; and concerts for children. He brings matters up to date in terms of technology in the 1920s by considering the gramophone and radio broadcasts as teaching aids.