Music Education: Source Readings from Ancient Greece to Today

by Michael Mark (Editor)

Overview

Music Education: Source Readings from Ancient Greece to Today is a collection of thematically organized essays that illuminate the importance of music education to individuals, communities and nations. The fourth edition has been expanded to address the significant societal changes that have occurred since the publication of the last edition, with a greater focus on current readings in government, philosophy, psychology, curriculum, sociology, and advocacy. This comprehensive text remains an essential reference for music educators today, demonstrating the value and support of their profession in the societies in which they live.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415506885
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/05/2013
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael L. Mark is Emeritus Professor of Music at Towson University, where he served as Dean of the Graduate School. Previously, he was head of the music education program at The Catholic University of America.

Table of Contents

Part I: Music Education in Earlier Times 1. Views of Music Education in Antiquity 2. Later European Views of Music Education Part II: Views of Music Education To 1950 3. Historical American Views to 1950 4. Music Becomes a Curricular Subject Part III: Views of Music Education After 1950 5. Ways We Think About Music Education 6. Philosophical Views of Music Education 7. Psychological Views of Music Education 8. Music Education and Society 9. Music in the Schools 10. Music Education, Government, and Advocacy

Editorial Reviews

"Michael Mark's incomparable book is an eye-opening and mind-expanding collection of important writings, chosen with erudition and situating music education in the long sweep of history from Plato to the present and in diverse cultures. It is an indispensable source of insights for professional music educators and all who seek to understand how and why learning music has historically been conceived as a necessity for a humane education." - Bennet Reimer, Northwestern University, USA

"In this new edition of his classic collection of source readings, Michael Mark has judiciously assembled a rich selection from six continents which relate to formal and informal modes of music education, both past and present. The readings encourage us to understand the past on its own terms in order to illuminate the present. Music educators will welcome the book as a valuable contribution to the greater understanding of music education as a world-wide phenomenon, subject to such forces as colonialism, industrialisation, nationalism and popular culture. Michael Mark has produced a distinguished book, which should be essential reading for today's music educators." - Gordon Cox, University of Reading, UK

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