1923, INTRODUCTORY MUSIC, Music Education Series, BY: Giddings, Thadeus P. Earhart, Will Baldwin, Ralph L. And Newton, Elbridge W.

Book Description: Ginn & Company, 1923, 1st eddition thus. Hard Cover, No Jacket.

Book Condition: Very Good. Blue cloth boards with black Art Nouveau-type illustration of floral columns and panels, just slight wear (see scans). Frontis ilustration of Miss Muffet and spider. There are a few other nice small illustrations. Pages look good, no rips or dampness and are clean. Many songs and music from 'The Airplane' to 'The Zebra'. Includes 'Mother's Cookies', 'My Dog', 'Summer Clouds', 'Cheer Up', 'Flower Seeds'. 'The Lost Kite', 'Lucy Locket', 'Big Black Beetle' and many more. 176 indexed pages. 6.5" x 8.25 tall, .5" thick. Boards and spine are straight with some corner bumps. binding is firm, no tears or breaks.

About The Auther:

Thaddeus P. Giddings

Biography

Chronology by McDermid (1967, p. 42-43)

Stories/Oral History

This story is given by Dr. Paul Rosene, Professor Emeritus at Illinois State University, where he was Director of Student Teaching in Music Education and taught music education core courses. 

T.P. Giddings used to visit the campus of ISNU (Illinois State Normal University).  He always traveled with a very tiny trailer behind his automobile. 
He would stay in his little trailer each night, parked behind the Music Department Chair's home.  He plugged in his extension cord to the house (for electricity.)
We music students thought this tiny trailer was quite funny, and one night decided to play a "harmless" trick on T.P. We waited until it was after Midnight,
and very carefully walked up to his tiny trailer, and listened to be absolutely sure he was asleep.  We then, picked up the trailer (there were twelve of us!),
and moved it about twenty-five feet to the OTHER side of the house!   We nearly fell out of our seats when, the next morning in class, he told us
all about how uncomfortable he was the night before, and all about the strange dream he had...and when he woke up, he had been so restless during the dream
that the whole trailer had moved!  (We had to stifle our laughs!) We told him about this and our "prank" about ten years later!
(He then confessed that he was awake the whole time, watching us!)  He said he enjoyed the College. Try to have some fun!  Amazing!
T.P. was a wonderful musician, giving us many bits of insight and tips to become better teachers.

Bibliography of Sources

McDermid, Charles Maynard. “Thaddeus P. Giddings: A Biography.” Ed.D diss., University of Michigan, 1967

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