Product Description

This book offers students a complete overview of key writings on music education, from the ancient Greeks to contemporary American thought, with emphasis on writings from the last 100 years. Designed to complement the standard music pedagogy course, the selections range from Plato's Republic through William Billing's writings on Colonial American Music Education through today's advocacy for music education. In five sections, each part of the book is introduced by a brief essay giving an overview of the material covered and information placing it within the critical context of its day. I

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #1240780 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
"Invalubale to scholars and students and useful as a digest of key ideas in music education for the casual reader, this is highly recommended for public and academic libraries."
-Library Journal, 2/15/02
"Invalubale to scholars and students and useful as a digest of key ideas in music education for the casual reader, this is highly recommended for public and academic libraries."
-Library Journal
"Invaluable to scholars and students and useful as a digest of key ideas in music education for the casual reader, this is highly recommended for public and academic libraries."
-Library Journal
"Mark provides a great "one-stop-shopping" book for those seeking supplemental or reference materials to support understanding of music education practices and topics. However, reading the book in its entirety will give the reader the pleasure of a deeper understanding of the continuing process of the development of music education to its highest degree in our society and schools. This is a "must have" book!."
-Nancy L. Glen, "Music Educators Journal

From the Back Cover
This book offers students a complete overview of key writings on music education, from the ancient Greeks to contemporary American thought, with emphasis on writings from the last 100 years. Designed to complement the standard music pedagogy course, the selections range from Plato's Republic through William Billing's writings on Colonial American Music Education through today's advocacy for music education. In five sections, each part of the book is introduced by a brief essay giving an overview of the material covered and information placing it within the critical context of its day. Individual articles are also prefaced with informative headnotes.

About the Author
Michael L. Mark has been a music teacher and administrator in public school systems. He is currently Professor Emeritus of Music Education at Towson State University, where he served as Dean of the Graduate School, among other positions. He is the author of Contemporary Music Education, now in its third edition, co-author of History of American Music Education, and editor of The Music Educator and Community Music.

Plato, Aristotle, Quintilian, St. Augustine, Boethius, Charlemagne, St. Odo of Cluny, Frank L.L. Harrison, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Richard Mulcaster, John Amos Comenius, John Locke, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Friedrich Froebel, John Ruskin, Herbert Spencer, Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, A.S. Neill, Cotton Mather, William Billings, Augusta Brown, Lowell Mason, Boston School Committee, Buffalo, NY Schools, Horace Mann, Rev. A.D. Mayo, William Tomlins, Samuel Winkley Cole, A.E. Winship, Horatio Parker, Osbourne McConathy, Edward Bailey Bilge, W. otto Miesner, Frances Elliott Clark, Hannah Matthews Cundiff, Peter Dykema, Walter Damrosch, George Gartlan, Karl Gehrkens, Buescher Saxophones, Will Earhart, John Dewey, Oscar Handlin, Karl W. Gehrkens, James Mursell, Mabelle Glenn, Music Educators National Conference, Hazel Nohavec Morgan, James L. Mursell, D.A. Clippinger, Michael L. Mark, Russell V. Morgan, Earl E. Harper, Benjamin C. Willis, Harry S. Broudy, C.A. Burmeister, Charles Leonhard, Robert House, Abraham A. Schwadron, Gerard L. Knieter, Charles H. Ball, Bennett Reimer, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ulrich Schiefele, Wayne Bowman, Philip A. Alperson, David J. Elliott, Thomas A. Regelski, J. Terry Gates, Samuel Hope, John H. Mueller, Max Kaplan, Estelle Jorgensen, patricia Shehan Campbell, June Boyce-Tillman, Warrick L. Carter, Florida Department of Education, Howard Gardner, Donald A. Hodges, Frances Rauscher, Gordon L. Shaw, Katherine N. Ky, Robert B. Morrison, John Sykes, Ellen Winner, Lois Hetland, Bennett Reimer, The Yale Seminar on Music Education, The College Board, The Tanglewood Symposium, Charles L. Gary, Richard Colwell, Goals 2000, Vision 2020 Symposium, National Association of Secondary School Principals, The Arts, Education and Americans Panel, Charles Fowler, National Commission on Music Education, National Endowment for the Arts, Richard W. Riley, Bill Ivey, The 106th Congress of the United States, June C. Willis, Harry S. Broudy, C.A. Burmeister, Charlesnt's Leonhard, Robert House, Abraham A. Schwadron, Gerard L.