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• Basic musicianship : a workbook of theory in action (Steiner Pub. Co., 1961), by William F. Steiner (page images at HathiTrust)
• First theory book (G. Schirmer, inc., 1921), by Angela Diller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Elementary theory and harmony for junior and senior high schools. (Wheeler Pub. Co., 1946), by Lowell Mason Tilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• General music theory and practical dictionary. (Pro Art Publications, 1957), by Nina B Coye (page images at HathiTrust)
• The rhetoric of music : harmony, counterpoint, musical form (The University Publishing Company, 1907), by Mortimer Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cours d'éducation musicale pianistique (Enoch, 1901), by Edmond Laurens (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Merry songs : a one-book course in the theory and practice of music : for schools, institutes, normals, etc. (A. Flanagan, 1889), by S. C. Hanson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Canto coral e música elementar. 2o. livro para a 4a., e 5a. classe (Sassetti, in the 1910s), by Silveira Pais (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Practical rudiments and music reader (A.J. Showalter Co., 1909), by A. J. Showalter (page images at HathiTrust)
• A rudimentary and practical treatise on music. (C. Lockwood & Co., 1881), by Charles Child Spencer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Burrowes' piano-forte primer : containing the rudiments of music : calculated either for private tuition, or teaching in classes. (Ditson & Co., 1869), by J. F. Burrowes, W. C. Peters, William Dressler, and Carl Czerny (page images at HathiTrust)
• The singers' welcome : a collection of new music : consisting of duets, quartets, glees, hymn-tunes, anthems, etc. : together with a complete course of elementary instruction designed for singing schools, musical institutes and conventions (O. Ditson, 1883), by L. O. Emerson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essentials of music theory ... (C. Fischer, 1912), by Carl E. Gardner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Piano-forte primer (Randolph, 1864), by J. F. Burrowes and W. C. Peters (page images at HathiTrust)
• Music : guide to classroom use in intermediate grades (Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, Division of Educational Technology ;, 1977), by Ruth Leon, D.C.) WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, United States. Office of Education. Division of Educational Technology, and Illinois Office of Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Child's pictorial music book. (Ohio & Berea, Ohio, E.B. & E.C. Kellogg, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kurzgefasste musikalische Elementar-Lehre; ein Hilfsbuch für den Anfangs-Unterricht in der Musik-Theorie (Dreililien, 1902), by Paul Geyer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Elements of musical theory. (Gamble Hinged Music Co., 1910), by John W. Bremer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Musiktheoretische Laienfibel. (J. Engelhorn, 1922), by Hermann Unger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sacred music containing a great variety of Psalm and hymn tunes, selected principally from the most eminent European authors, the greater part of which were never published in the patent notes : to which is prefixed, a musical grammar, a musical dictionary &c (Printed by Morgan, Lodge and Co., 1822), by Seth Ely (page images at HathiTrust)
• Familiar observations and remarks written by an amateur for the use of young performers of music, and those who have not studied the ornamental branches of the art : interspersed with some original and appropriate anecdotes, never before published ... (Chappell, 1825) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gakufu no yomikata (Arusu, 1921), by Genʾichirō Yamada (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Zahalʹni osnovy muzyky : teorii︠a︡ muzyky (Nakl. "Zahalʹnoï knyhozbirnï", 1921), by Stanislav Li︠u︡dkevych (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Elementary theory : comprising the study of scales and intervals (Conservatory Press, 1911), by J. Lawrence Erb (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Canadian music course (Canada Pub. Co., 1888), by Alexander T. Cringan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The wave of Sunday school song a new collection of music for Sunday-schools, prayer-meeting, social and family circle. (W. Briggs;, 1879), by J. A. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The wave of Sunday school song a new collection of music for Sunday-schools, prayer-meeting, social and family circle. (S. Rose, 1878), by J. A. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Collection of miscellaneous pieces, glees, quartettes, anthems, rounds, &c., being suitable for temperance meetings carefully selected from the best authors; also, the vocal tutor, a practical course of musical instruction, for the use of singing classes, schools and private tuition. (J.C. Becket, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A first book on the theory of music (applied to the pianoforte) (Rose-Belford Pub. Co., 1879), by Louisa Gibson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité élémentaire de musique, particulièrement adapté au piano forté / par T.F. Molt (s.n.], 1828), by T. F. Molt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité élémentaire de musique vocale (s.n.], 1845), by T. F. Molt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Théorie simplifiée des principes élémentaires appliquée à l'étude du piano (Laurent, 1864), by Gustave Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le livre de musique (Beauchemin, 1896), by Claude Augé (page images at HathiTrust)
• [N]otions [élém]entaires de musique (s.n.], 1844), by Charles Sauvageau (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nouvel abécédaire musical, ou, Théorie simplifiée des principes élémentaires appliquée à l'étude du piano suivie d'un Vocabulaire de la langue musicale et d'un Vocabulaire des termes italiens, et accompagnée d'un très grand nombre d'exemples composés tout exprès pour ses élèves (A.J. Boucher, 1883), by Gustave Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• The first principles of music. (E. Donajowski, 1887), by Charles Vincent (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stafróf söngfræðinnar. (Prentað í Ísafoldarprentsmiðju, 1888), by Björn Kristjánsson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The singing school banner; containing full instructions in the art of reading music, with a complete collection of music for singing classes, musical conventions and social singing (S.T. Gordon & Son, 1875), by J. H. Tenney and A. N. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pravila za notno pi︠e︡nie... (vʺ knigopechatnitszh-tzh na A.Kh. Boi︠a︡dzhii︠a︡na, 1884) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Musicaliske Elementer eller Anle[e]dning til Forstand paa de første Ting udi Musiquen ... (Bjarne Kortsen, 1977), by Johan Daniel Berlin and Bjarne Kortsen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Jousse's musical catechism (Theo. Presser, 1890), by J. Jousse, Hermann Mohr, and J. F. Burrowes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Text book of musical elements. (J. Curwen, 1886), by George Oakey (page images at HathiTrust)
• A music primer for schools (Clarendon Press, 1890), by J. Troutbeck and Reginald F. Dale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Elements (rudiments or grammar) of music (Longmans, Green, 1904), by F. Davenport (page images at HathiTrust)
• My first note book : with musigraph : first lessons in theory (T. Presser, 1950), by Ada Richter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The piano-forte primer, containing the rudiments of music, calculated either for private tuition, or teaching in classes. (Parker & Ditson, 1838), by J. F. Burrowes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principi elementari di musica (Tipografia Baroni, 1849), by Giovanni Pacini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principj elementari di musica : adottati dall'I.R. Conservatorio di Milano per le ripetizioni giornaliere degli alunni (G. Ricordi, 1845), by Bonifazio Asioli and Italy) Conservatorio di musica Giuseppe Verdi (Milan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lezioni d'armonia (A. Ajani, 1841), by Domenico Quadri (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principi di musica : nei quali oltre le antiche, e solite regole vi sono aggiunte altre figure di note, schiarimento di chiavi, scale dei tuoni, lettura alla francese, scale semplici delle prime regole del cimbalo, violino, viola, violoncello, contrabasso, oboe, e flauto. (s.n., 1780), by Vincenzio Panerai (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basic music. (Secretary of the Army, 1978), by United States Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principii elementari di musica : adottati dall'I.R. Conservatorio di Milano per le ripetizioni giornaliere degli alunni : con tavole (Torino : Presso Giuseppe Magrini, [between 1800 and 1850?], 1800), by Bonifazio Asioli and Italy) Conservatorio di musica Giuseppe Verdi (Milan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brainard's new and improved edition of the piano-forte primer; containing the rudiments of music, calculated either for private tuition, or teaching in classes: (Theodore Presser, 1868), by J. F. Burrowes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catechism of music. (s.n., 1870), by Benoît Auguste Bertini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Three hundred and fifty questions and exercises on the Academic manual of the rudiments of music. Prepared specially for candidates for the various musical examinations. (Weekes, 1908), by G. Augustus Holmes (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Populi︠a︡rnoe izlozhenīe osnovnykh nachal muzykalʹnoĭ teorīi prisposoblennoe k samouchenī︠iu︡. (Izd. knizhnago i muzykalʹnago magazina Leona Idzikovskago, 1897), by A. Ḟ Kazbiri︠u︡k and E. A. Ryb (page images at HathiTrust)
• A catechism of the rudiments of music. From the 2d London ed. (J. Cole, 1832), by James Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité élémentaire de musique (Chez L. Hachette, 1837), by L. Quicherat (page images at HathiTrust)
• Basic musicianship (Edwards Brothers], 1946), by Joseph S. Daltry (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• All about music : a complete book of musical theory for pianists and other students presented in an entertaining form (Boston Music, 1955), by Jay Sheldon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Essentials of Music Theory: Elementary, by Carl E. Gardner (Gutenberg ebook)

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