Finding that no comprehensive report of the extent to which music is taught in the schools of the several States and of the methods used in teaching had ever been made, the author was requested to make a thorough investigation of the subject for the Bureau of Education. This bulletin embodies the results of this study, giving with little comment, a comprehensive account of the present status of music teaching in the public schools of the United States. Contents include: (1) Music in all grades below the high school; (2) Music in high schools and in relation to the community; (3) Music in State school systems; and (4) Courses for training teachers of music. Individual sections contain footnotes. (Contains 37 tables.) [Best copy available has been provided.]