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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461918903321

Autore

Swanwick Keith

Titolo

Teaching music musically / / Keith Swanwick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-23496-1

1-283-46211-7

9786613462114

0-203-80200-4

1-136-62379-5

Edizione

[Classic ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (125 p.)

Collana

Routledge Education Classic edition series

Disciplina

780.71

Soggetti

Music - Instruction and study

School music - Instruction and study

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Teaching Music Musically; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. Musical value; The aesthetic and the artistic; The processes of metaphor; Music as metaphor; The significance of music; 2. Music as culture: the space between; We all have an accent; The space between; The focus of music education; Signs and symbols; The sub-culture of school music; 3. Principles of music education; First principle: care for music as discourse; Second principle: care for the musical discourse of students; Third principle: fluency first and last

Principles in practice: four illustrations4. The why and how of musical assessment; The functions of assessment; The dimensions of musical assessment; Formal assessment and musical quality; Student assessment and curriculum evaluation; 5. What of the future?; Resources beyond the school gate; The issue of authenticity; Institutional treadmills; We know better songs than these; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'There are countless gems within these pages ... Swanwick seems to write from more experience as a musician and teacher than most



others who write for this audience. There is a real sense of his having been there.' - Patricia Shehan Campbell, Professor of Music, University of Washington, USA'... contains the essential and highly valued hallmark of its author: well-articulated philosophy that will surely filter through to practical work in classrooms.'- British Journal of Music Education'Among the virtues of this thoughtfu