Basic Concepts in Music Education
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Basic Concepts in Music Education is a landmark work published in 1958 as the Fifty-Seventh Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education. In 1954, the Music Educators National Conference (MENC
) had formed its Commission on Basic Concepts in an attempt to seek a more soundly-based philosophical foundation. The work of the commission resulted in the publication of Basic Concepts, which advocated an aesthetic justification for music education
. According to the aesthetic philosophy, music education should be justified for its own sake rather than for its extra-musical benefits.
MENC: The National Association for Music Education
MENC: The National Association for Music Education is an organization of American music educators dedicated to advancing and preserving music education and as part of the core curriculum of schools in the United States...
) had formed its Commission on Basic Concepts in an attempt to seek a more soundly-based philosophical foundation. The work of the commission resulted in the publication of Basic Concepts, which advocated an aesthetic justification for music education
Music education
Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. It touches on all domains of learning, including the psychomotor domain , the cognitive domain , and, in particular and significant ways,the affective domain, including music appreciation and sensitivity...
. According to the aesthetic philosophy, music education should be justified for its own sake rather than for its extra-musical benefits.
Section I: Disciplinary Backgrounds
- Therber H. Madison, The Need for New Concepts in Music Education
- Foster McMurray, PragmatismPragmatismPragmatism is a philosophical tradition centered on the linking of practice and theory. It describes a process where theory is extracted from practice, and applied back to practice to form what is called intelligent practice...
in Music Education - Harry S. BroudyHarry BroudyHarry S. Broudy is a Polish-born educator.Broudy attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University where he received his Bachelors Degree in German literature and philosophy in 1929. From there he went to Harvard University and earned his Masters degree in 1933 and his Ph.D in 1936...
, A Realistic Philosophy of Music Education - John H. Mueller, Music and Education: A Sociological Approach
- George Frederick McKay, The Range of Musical Experience
- James MursellJames MursellJames Mursell wrote extensively about music education and the use of music in a classroom setting. He emphasized the student's role in learning and believed that unless students are intrinsically motivated to learn, their musical growth will be minimal at best...
, Growth Processes in Music Education - Louis P. Thorpe, Learning Theory and Music Teaching
- Allen BrittonAllen BrittonAllen Perdue Britton was an American music educator.Through his many passions in life he contributed to elevating the field of music education to the same stature as the field of musicology. He developed the doctoral program in music education at the University of Michigan, where he directed 51...
, Music in Early American Public Education: A Historical Critique
Section II: Music in Schools
- C.A. Burnmeister, The Role of Music in General Education
- Robert House, Curriculum Construction in Music Education
- William C. Hartshorn, The Role of Listening
- E. Thayer Gaston, Functional Music
- Charles LeonhardCharles LeonhardCharles Leonhard was an American music educator and academic. He was one of the first to argue for a focus upon aesthetic education within music education. For most of his career, he was a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.-Life and career:Born in Anadarko, Oklahoma,...
, Evaluation in Music Education - Oletta A. Benn, A Message for New Teachers