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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960293603321

Autore

Glover Joanna

Titolo

Children composing, 4-14 / / Joanna Glover

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge/Falmer, 2000

ISBN

1-134-58075-4

1-134-58076-2

1-280-40136-2

0-203-13441-9

0-203-16985-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xv, 143 p. : ill

Disciplina

372.87/4

Soggetti

School music - Instruction and study

Composition (Music)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-139) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Children's music -- chapter 2 Children and composing -- chapter 3 Listening to children's music -- chapter 4 Music-making in the early years -- chapter 5 Composing -- The watershed -- chapter 6 Composing pathways -- Children aged 8-12 -- chapter 7 Musical style -- Children aged 10-14 -- chapter 8 Composers in education -- chapter 9 Composing in schools.

Sommario/riassunto

Composing is part if the mainstream music curriculum for many children yet children's music does not receive the same attention as their art or creative writing. Children Composing 4-14 traces the ways in which composing can be organised and taught within the school music curriculum, drawing on children's own music-making activities. This practical book looks at how teaching composing can enable hildren to progress by acquiring musical skills and understanding, whilst developing their own sense of musical purpose. One of the main concern's of the book is the need to sustain continuity and quality in children's composing experience as they mover through each phase of music education. Children's Composing is considered in relation to the wider musical context in which they grow up, including cultural differences in composing roles and in perceptions of composing and



composers. Projects that bring children into contact with professional composers are critically examined, and suggestions are made for ways of ensuring that composing in schools is rooted in the musical world outside. For more information, please visit the authors web site at: http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/children-composing/.