Normal Musical Institute

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} The '''Normal Musical Institute''' (also the '''New York Normal Institute''') was a school for the training of music teachers, the first such in the United States. It was organized by George F. Root, William Bradbury and Lowell Mason in New York in 1853.<ref>Chase, pg. 143</ref> The institute was a four-week-long training session, taking place during the summer and costing ten dollars, in addition to room and board. Subjects included harmony, singing and composition.<ref>Sanjek, pg. 207</ref>

==References== ;Bibliography * {{cite book |author = Chase, Gilbert |isbn = 0-252-00454-X |publisher = University of Illinois Press |title = America's Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present |year = 2000 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/americasmusicfro0000chas }} * {{cite book|title=American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Years|url=https://archive.org/details/americanpopularm00san_hz5|url-access=registration|first=Russell|last=Sanjek|publisher=Oxford University Press US|year=1988|isbn=0-19-504310-3}}

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