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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION |
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| Creator: | Minnesota Music Teachers Association. | |
| Title: | Association records. | |
| Date: | 1913-2003. | |
| Abstract: | Records of the Minnesota Music Teachers Association, a professional society of music instructors formed to promote music education in Minnesota. Contains the constitution, bylaws, minutes, convention proceedings, correspondence, examinations, directories, calendars, festival programs, newsletters, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and other materials. | |
| Quantity: | 5.0 cu. ft. (5 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description section for shelf locations. | |
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HISTORY OF THE MINNESOTA MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
The Minnesota Music Teachers Association was organized on June 27, 1901 under the auspices of the Professional League of St. Paul, and is affiliated with the Music Teachers National Association. Clarence A. Marshall was the first president of the MMTA. According to the Association's constitution, it was organized to "promote the true culture of music by the interchange of ideas, to advance the interest of musical art, and to foster professional fraternity." Active members were professional teachers of voice, musical instruments, or "any subject pertaining to the theory of music."
The MMTA held annual conventions which included concerts, business meetings, papers, roundtable discussions, and workshops. Conventions were held in cities throughout Minnesota. In 1913 the MMTA began testing teachers for the Certificate of Licentiate in an effort to standardize music education in the state. Candidates were expected to pass examinations in their musical specialty, music theory, and the history of music. In 1970 the MMTA created a syllabus for student examinations, which further standardized the teaching of music in Minnesota.
In the season of 1928-1929 the MMTA began sponsoring a concert by student winners chosen in statewide competition. In 1936 the MMTA developed a program of ten-piano concerts, given by winners of regional piano tryouts. The Ten-Piano Concert evolved into twelve, then twenty pianos, and later became the State Honor Student Concert or Honors Concert.
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SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE RECORDS
The collection documents the administrative and programmatic activities of the Minnesota Music Teachers Association, 1913-2003. The records include incorporation papers, the constitution and bylaws, minutes, annual convention proceedings, correspondence, membership lists and directories, calendars, examination syllabi, programs, newsletters, and anniversary scrapbooks.
There is information on conventions, elections, and other routine activities; relations with the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Associations; proposed legislation, particularly to create a national bureau of fine arts (1939) and national excise tax exemptions for symphony orchestras (1951); examinations given to applicants for membership; and musical education in the public schools.
Correspondents include several members of Congress and a number of professional musicians, especially Paul M. Oberg and Frances Clark.
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ORGANIZATION OF THE RECORDS |
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| These documents are organized into the following sections: | ||
| Administrative Records | ||
| Academic and Professional Programs | ||
| Publications | ||
| Historical Materials | ||
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OTHER FINDING AIDS |
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| A print version of this finding aid is available in the repository; filed in the ALPHA notebooks under the heading: Minnesota Music Teachers Association. | ||
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RELATED MATERIAL |
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| John G. Hinderer papers, 1908-1962 are in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections. | ||
| Records of the American Guild of Music Teachers are in the Minnesota Historical Society manuscript collections. | ||
| Robert Tallant Laudon, Clarence Alden Marshall : the Northwestern Conservatory of Music & the Minnesota Music Teachers Association is in the Minnesota Historical Society book collection. | ||
| Robert T. Laudon, Minnesota Music Teachers Association: The Profession & the Community 1901-2000 is in the Minnesota Historical Society book collection. | ||
| Northwest musical herald, the official publication of the Minnesota Music Teachers Association and the Minnesota Federation of Music Clubs, is in the Minnesota Historical Society serials collection. | ||
| Minnesota music, a publication of the Minnesota State Music Teachers Association, 1913-1920, is in the Minnesota Historical Society serials collection. | ||
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INDEX TERMS |
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| This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings. | ||
| Topics: | ||
| Education -- Minnesota. | ||
| Music -- Canada. | ||
| Music and state -- United States. | ||
| Music -- Instruction and study. | ||
| Musicians -- United States. | ||
| Persons: | ||
| Andersen, H. Carl (Herman Carl), 1897-1978. | ||
| Auer, Leopold, 1845-1930. | ||
| Buckler, Richard Thompson, 1865-1950. | ||
| Burleigh, Cecil, b. 1885. | ||
| Christiansen, F. Melius (Fredrik Melius), 1871-1955. | ||
| Clark, Frances Elliott. | ||
| Ferguson, Donald Nivison, 1882- . | ||
| Ganz, Rudolph, 1877-1972. | ||
| Glazer, Frank. | ||
| Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. | ||
| Griggs, Hazel. | ||
| Hanson, Howard, 1896- . | ||
| Hinderer, J. G. (John George), 1885-1963. | ||
| Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978. | ||
| Kneisel, Franz, 1865-1926. | ||
| Knutson, Harold, 1880-1953. | ||
| Landmund, Ernest, | ||
| Lemay, Paul, 1897-194-?. | ||
| Lundeen, Ernest, 1878-1940. | ||
| Mackinnon, Lilia. | ||
| MacPhail, William, 1881-1962. | ||
| Marshall, Clarence Alden, 1859-1941. | ||
| Mitropoulos, Dimitri, 1896-1960. | ||
| Morton, Robert Buchanan, 1877-1946. | ||
| Oberg, Paul, 1904- . | ||
| Oberhoffer, Emil, 1867-1933. | ||
| Pittenger, William Alvin, 1885-1951. | ||
| Ranks, Harry W. | ||
| Rockwell, John G. (John Gunderson), 1892- . | ||
| Shipstead, Henrik, 1881-1960. | ||
| Thye, Edward John, 1896- . | ||
| Organizations: | ||
| Canadian Association of Music Teachers' Associations. | ||
| Places: | ||
| Duluth (Minn.). | ||
| Occupations: | ||
| Musicians. | ||
| Music teachers. | ||
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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION |
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| Preferred Citation: | ||
| [Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota Music Teachers Association. Minnesota Historical Society. | ||
| See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples | ||
| Accession Information: | ||
| Accession number: 7779; 8751; 16,028 | ||
| Processing Information: | ||
| Processed by: Erin McDonald Bouchard, January 2006 | ||
| Catalog ID number: 001731893 | ||
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
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