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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800063403321

Autore

Goble J. Scott

Titolo

What's so important about music education? / / J. Scott Goble

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-98815-7

1-136-98816-5

1-282-56972-4

9786612569722

0-203-85322-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in education ; ; 32

Disciplina

780.71/073

780.71073

Soggetti

Music - Instruction and study - United States - Philosophy

Music - Instruction and study - United States - History

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Music as an Academic Subject in the Public Schools of the United States: An Inherent Cultural Tension; 2 "Culture," "Worldview," and Pragmatism: The Philosophy and Semiotic of Charles Sanders Peirce; 3 A Pragmatic Conception of Musical Practices: "Music" as a Sign of Worldview; 4 Conceptions of Music in the United States; 5 A Brief Historical Survey of Concepts of Music in Music Education in the United States; 6 Community, Autonomy, and Music Education in the Postmodern United States: Summary and Recommendations; Notes

ReferencesIndex

Sommario/riassunto

What's So Important About Music Education? presents a new philosophy of music education for the United States, rooted in history and current perspectives from ethnomusicology. J. Scott Goble explores the societal effects of the nation's foundations in democracy and capitalism, the constitutional separation of church and state, and the rise of recording, broadcast, and computer technologies. He shows how these and other factors have brought about changes in the ways music teachers and



concerned others have conceptualized music and its importance in education. In demonstrating how ma