Thomas Tapper (28 January 1864 – 24 February 1958) was a musician, composer, lecturer, writer, teacher, and editor, who was born in
Canton, Massachusetts
Canton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,370 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Canton is part of Greater Boston, about southwest of Downtown Boston.
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, 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.
Tapper married pianist
Bertha Feiring Tapper in 1894.
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American male composers
American composers
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1864 births
1958 deaths