Teaching Music Musically (Classic Edition).

There are countless gems within these pages ... Swanwick seems to write from more experience as a musician and teacher than most others who write for this audience. There is a real sense of his having been there.' - Patricia Shehan Campbell, Professor of Music, University of Washington, USA �...

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Main Author: Swanwick, Keith
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & amp; Francis, 2011
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Teaching Music Musically; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. Musical value; The aesthetic and the artistic; The processes of metaphor; Music as metaphor; The significance of music; 2. Music as culture: the space between; We all have an accent; The space between; The focus of music education; Signs and symbols; The sub-culture of school music; 3. Principles of music education; First principle: care for music as discourse; Second principle: care for the musical discourse of students; Third principle: fluency first and last.
  • Principles in practice: four illustrations4. The why and how of musical assessment; The functions of assessment; The dimensions of musical assessment; Formal assessment and musical quality; Student assessment and curriculum evaluation; 5. What of the future?; Resources beyond the school gate; The issue of authenticity; Institutional treadmills; We know better songs than these; References; Index.