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Author:   Bennett Reimer ,  Peter R. Wbester
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438489322

ISBN 10:   1438489323
Pages:   430
Publication Date:   01 November 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

FOREWORD Peter R. Webster PREFACE 1. FROM PHILOSOPHICAL CONCURRENCE TO DIVERSITY: PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES Main Themes Why Do We Need a Philosophy? A Word about Some Words A Time of Concurrence in Music Education Philosophy The Challenges of Postmodernism A Critique of Postmodernism, and an Appreciation Toward a Synergistic Philosophical Stance Etudes 2. SEVERAL ALTERNATIVE VIEWS AND A SYNERGISTIC PROPOSAL: AN EXPERIENCE-BASED PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC EDUCATION Main Themes Applying Synergism Music as Form Music as Practice Music as Social Agency The Boundaries of Music Music and Utilitarian Values A Philosophy Based on Musical Experience: Setting the Stage Etudes 3. THE FEELING DIMENSION OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCE Main Themes Music and Feeling: An Intricate Relationship The Emotion/Intellect Dichotomy Feeling, Cognition, and Consciousness Emotion and Feeling Music and Feeling Musical Feeling from World to Sound Music Education and the Education of Feeling Teaching for “Knowing Within” Music Etudes 4. THE CREATING DIMENSION OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCE Main Themes What—or When—Is “Creativity”? Who—or When—Is an “Artist”? The Role of Knowing Within in Knowing How The Ethical Dimension of Musical Creating Teaching for Knowing How to Create Music Etudes 5. THE MEANING DIMENSION OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCE Main Themes Language Meanings, Musical Meanings The Many Modes of Knowing A Description of Music and Art Teaching for Musical Meaning Finally, What Music Means Etudes 6. THE CONTEXTUAL DIMENSION OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCE Main Themes Context in Larger Context Universal, Contextual, and Individual Dimensions of Experience Music in Context: A Review Music, Culture, Consciousness The Dilemma of Multicultural Music Education A Synergistic Resolution Teaching Music in Its Context Etudes 7. FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: MUSICAL ROLES AS INTELLIGENCES Main Themes Beyond the Theory of Multiple Intelligences The Many Concepts of Intelligence A Definition of Intelligence Explanation of the Definition Musical Intelligences Musical Roles as Intelligences Teaching for Musical Intelligences Etudes 8. ADVANCING THE VISION: TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL MUSIC PROGRAM Main Themes A Model of the Total Curriculum The General Music Program as Viewed through the Curriculum Model Achieving Comprehensiveness Redefining and Rebalancing General Music: A Radical Prospect Implementing a Comprehensive General Music Program: The Restructured Content Standards The Challenge of Comprehensiveness Etudes 9. ADVANCING THE VISION: TOWARD A COMPREHENSIVE SPECIALIZED MUSIC PROGRAM Main Themes The Specialized Music Program as Viewed through the Curriculum Model Implementing a Comprehensive Specialized Music Program: The Restructured Content Standards Recapitulation and Coda: Pursuing the Vision Etudes INDEX

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From the reviews of the original third edition The author is one of the few people who actually has something unique and important to say about the present state of music education in the world. - John Kratus, Michigan State University Reimer is perhaps the most progressive thinker in music education. - Carlos Xavier Rodriguez, University of Michigan

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Bennett Reimer (1932–2013) was John W. Beattie Emeritus Professor of Music at Northwestern University. Peter R. Webster is a scholar-in-residence at the University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, and Professor Emeritus of Music Education at Northwestern University.

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