"John W. Schaum Piano Course: Leading to the Mastery of the Instrument" Pre-A The Green Book, illustrations by Helen Frank, published by Belwin Mills, Melville, N.Y., 1945. First edition.

Soft cover [soiling and wear, pencil notes inside front cover]; 12" x 9"; 46 pages including publisher's ad on the last page, there are notes with red pencil and Schaum's stickers on many pages, some wear, good condition.

John W. Schaum (1905-1988) was an American pianist, composer, and educator. Schaum began his career as a piano teacher in the late 1920s. In 1933 he founded the Schaum Piano School in Milwaukee. About the same time, he began to compose piano music for teaching purposes. He also founded the first company to produce award stickers specifically for music students. Always on the lookout for better materials for his students, Schaum eventually decided to create his own books, beginning in 1941 with Piano Fun for Boys and Girls, which he later revised as the first in a series of nine piano method books that became the Schaum Piano Course, completed in 1945. These books are still widely used today.

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