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Songs in their heads : music and its meaning in children's lives / Patricia Shehan Campbell.

Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library MT1 .C228 1998
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Campbell, Patricia Shehan.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Music--Instruction and study.
Music.
School music--Instruction and study.
School music.
Musical ability in children.
Physical Description:
xiv, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Summary:
This book explores the meaning and value of music in children's lives, based upon their expressed thoughts and actual "musicking" behaviors in school and at play. Blending standard education field experiences with ethnomusicological techniques, Patricia Campbell demonstrates how music is personally and socially meaningful to children and what values they place on particular musical styles, songs, and functions. She explores musical behaviors in various contextual settings, and presents in notated narrative forms some of the "songs in their heads," balancing music learned with music "made," and intentional, purposeful music with natural music behavior.
Contents:
Introduction: Musical Children 3
Part 1 In Music: Children at Musical Play 13
Narrative Tales 13
The Tales 16
The Horace Mann Schoolyard
The Lakeshore Zebras
The Rundale School Cafeteria
Riders of the C-Bus
Mrs. Bedford's Music Class: At the Periphery
The Toys and More Store
Reflections 64
Part 2 On Music: Conversations with Children 71
A Flexible System 71
The Conversations 75
Michael
Darryl
George
Carrie
Ramnad
Lisa
Ramona
James
Beth
Manuel
Lateesha
Alan
Anna
Tuyen
Jonathan
Reflections 160
Part 3 For Children: Prospects for Their Musical Education 167
Who They Musically Are 168
The Music in Them
What Music Means to Children
Music: Good for What?
Learning, Enculturation, and the Schools
The Mission of School Music
Children's Big and Little Cultures
A Diversity of Musicking
Their Music
All That They Can Musically Be 196
The Personal Side of Music
The Social-Familial Sides of Music
The Functional Side of Music
Self-Study of Music
Musical Choices
More of a Musical Education
Musical Mosaics 222.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-246).
ISBN:
0195111001
019511101X
OCLC:
36892704

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