Day, H. W. The Vocal School, or, Pestalozzian Method of Instruction in the Elements of Vocal Music. Boston: Otis, Broaders and Co. , 1841. Second Edition. [11096]
Brown cloth, boards blind stamped, gilt title to spine, the binding is dull yet without damage, 6 1/2 x 4 inches. Small contemporary printed bookplate and ink signature of Thomas Edgar Hunt, New York. viii., 279 pages, foxing, some pencil notations by Mr. Hunt. Good. Hardcover.
Title continues: Embracing a Practical and Philosophical Demonstration of the Philosophy of the Scale; also a part Devoted to Musical Elocution, based on the Elementary Analysis of Dr. Rush: Illustrated by a great variety of Examples and Exercises, and designed as a Manual of Instruction for Teachers and Scholars.
Copyright: 1839, by Otis, Broaders & Co. "Printed by Kidder & Wright" on the copyright page.
Hartley Wood Day (1811-1877), a native of Old Bristol, Maine. A minister, Day graduated from Colombian University in Washington DC (1837) and from Colby College, Waterville, Maine (1841). He invented his own numerical music system and published six tunebooks which used his system.
