Music education : cultural values, social change and innovation / Robert Walker

Author: Walker, Robert, 1936-
Published: Springfield : Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 2007.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 321 pages)

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English.

Contents

Issues of tradition, innovation and social change -- Mania, aesthetics, and musical meaning -- Justifying music in education : the historical context -- Music is magic : national and cultural identity in popular and art music -- The music curriculum -- Music in the tumultuous, innovative 20th century -- Innovation in the music classroom -- Social strata, culture and music education -- Psychology, science and music education -- Musical values and education.

Summary

This is an important work that addresses the complex issues surrounding musical meaning and experience, and the Western traditional justification for including music in education. The chapters in this volume examine the important subjects of tradition, innovation, social change, the music curriculum, music in the twentieth century, social strata, culture and music education, psychology, science and music education, including musical values and education. Additional topics include the origins of mania, aesthetics and musical meaning related to concepts that are well-known to the ancient Greeks.

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ISBN

9780398085445 (electronic bk.)
0398085447 (electronic bk.)
9780398077266 (hard)
0398077266 (hard)
9780398077273 (pbk.)
0398077274 (pbk.)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index.

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