William Brookhart

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• 1,300 classified entries; 245 pages; Author Index and Subject Index
• Focus placed on published sources historical in nature or those of historical significance
• Covers the years ca. 1830 to 1985
• Descriptive annotations, often with compiler’s evaluation and cross-references
• Entries organized in eight thematic categories, each with introductory commentary

Professor Brookhart's work provides a useful and gratifying window into the published writings that chronicle the teaching of music in American colleges and universities during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. After pointing out relevant information in “non-music” sources and “general” music sources, he classifies his findings by theme: The Role of Music in Higher Education: Philosophy, Objectives, Curricula, Degrees; Students: Characteristics and Qualifications; Faculty; Administration and Accreditation; and Histories and Historical Sketches of Individual Institutions. Undoubtedly many relevant sources have been published after the cut-off date for this respected reference work, but the literature identified in it will remain the foundation for future studies of this important subject.