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MT History Gallery
Documents and images from the rich history of Music Theory at the Peabody Conservatory.
 Theory Curriculum from 1876 |  Photograph of Hamerik |  Title Page to a Hamerik SongTitle page to Hamerik’s The Ideal Land (New York: Edward Schuberth, 1880). |  Hamerik's Title Page |  Hamerik on Modulation |  Gustav StrubeGustav Strube, composer, theorist, co-founder and first conductor of the Baltimore Symphony, former director of the Peabody, and maker of moonshine, in an undated photo. |  Strube's Title Page |  Boise's Preface |  Boulanger Joins the Peabody Faculty |  Turn of the (last) Century Exam. |  Otto Ortmann in 1941 (MHS)From the Hughes Studio Photograph Collection at the Maryland State Historical Society. |
Historical Writings from the Peabody Theory Faculty
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Forward to Hamerik's Theory of Music (1895)
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Hamerk's Chapter on Fugue (1895)
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Otis Boise's Chapter on Inverted Triads (1901)
Boise's chapter on inverted triads is very much a product of 19th Century dogmatism; it proceeds on the assumption that the rules of voice leading and doubling can be logically ascertained and communicated as products of harmony. It is presented as a document in the history of Music Theory at the Peabody Conservatory. |
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An Article on Gustav Strube's Moonshine
Stube, composer, theorist, director of The Peabody and conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, made his own liquor during Prohibition. In 2003, a cache of this liquor was found during the renovation of the Peabody's East Hall. |
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Strube on Scales and Intervals (1922)
Strube’s book was originally self-published and printed in Germany (Baltimore, 1922). Later it was revised as The Theory and Use of Chords: A Text-Book of Harmony (Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1928). The following excerpt is from the original, self-published edition. |
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An Article on Otto Ortmann
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Ortmann's On the Melodic Relativity of Tones: Excerpt (1926)
The introduction and conclusion from Ortmann's monograph. Ortmann, Otto, On the Melodic Relativity of Tones, Psychological Monographs, Vol. XXXV, No. 1 (Princeton: Psychological Review Company, 1926). |
On-Line Music by Early Peabody Faculty
Music by early Peabody faculty contained in the Library of Congress' American Memory collection. Each link redirects to the LOC site.
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Lucien Southard's Music
Songs in the American Memory collection by Lucien Southard. |
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Asger Hamerik's Music
A song by Asger Hamerik in the American Memory Collection. |
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Otis Boise's Music
Songs in the American Memory collection by Otis Boise. |
