James A. Keene s treatment of this interesting and unique history represents a deep and penetrating look at a subject that until recent years has been largely neglected by teachers and scholars. A large population of music teachers have taught and acted with little insight about those special teachers who have accepted the formidable job of introducing music to the children of the United States from the earliest colonial times to the present day. The history of music education cannot have an independent existence, however, and is inextricably linked both to the history of education in this country as well as to the history of music as an art, both popular and high. Paralleling the history of education, music education is also the history of reform. Our founding fathers considered their efforts to be rooted in an idealism whether it be expressed in terms of religious or political liberty, and from such beginnings Americans have tended to regard themselves as reformers from that day to the present. It is less important to approve or disapprove of each reform than it is to observe the consistent efforts of Americans to cast aside the old way and adopt that which appears to be new and different. This national trait prevailed throughout the history of music education in America, resulting in our music educators changing methods and philosophies sometimes thoughtfully, and sometimes capriciously. Parts of this history deal forthrightly with various historical and philosophical tendencies, while relating them to the prevailing thoughts and movements in music education. It was necessary for society to accept the idea of a general expansion of the school curriculum before the arts could gain a foothold as part of the school curriculum. And with each degree of acceptance, from the introduction of vocal music into the curriculum to the rise of instrumental music and a cappella choirs, negative as well as positive reactions germinated requiring continuing defenses of the art even though the practices were ordinarily extremely popular with the children, many of whom discovered their talent for the first time while others could and did develop an appreciation brought about by exposure and practice of the art form. Now you can buy Books online in USA,UK, India and more than 100 countries.
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