Thomas Tapper

Thomas Tapper (28 January 1864 – 24 February 1958) was a musician, composer, lecturer, writer, teacher, and editor, who was born in Canton, Massachusetts, and studied music at the American College of Musicians.

His most famous being Lives of Great Composers picture book series.

[2] Tapper also promoted rote learning in the rote-note controversy of the late 19th Century music education.

[3] His students included Isabel Stewart North[4] and Carrie Burpee Shaw.

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