Living music in schools, 1923-1999 : studies in the history of music education in England / Gordon Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, Gordon, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Instruction and study--England--History--20th century.

Music.

Education--England--History--20th century.

Education.

History.

Music--Instruction and study.

England.

Physical Description:

ix, 159 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2002]

Contents:

2 Music in Schools 1923-1999: An Educational Debate 6

3 'Changing the Face of School Music': Walford Davies and the Development of BBC School Music Broadcasts 1924-1947 31

1 Walford Davies 32

2 The Gramophone Company and Walford Davies 34

3 The BBC 37

4 Musical Education of the Under-Twelves 1949-1983 51

1 Music in Primary Schools 1949-1972 51

2 Musical Education of the Under-Twelves (MEUT) 57

3 The Progressive Ideal and Musical Creativity 63

4 Traditional Concerns 69

5 'A House Divided': Music Education during the Schools Council Era of the 1970s 74

1 The Schools Council and its Music Projects 74

2 Music Education of Young Children 1970-1976 79

3 Music in the Secondary School Curriculum 1973-1980 84

6 Talking about Music Teaching: Recollections and Realities 97

1 Student Music Teachers Talking 98

2 Secondary School Music Teachers Talking 109

1 Rhetorical Discourse about the Place of Music in the Curriculum 122

2 Stages of Curriculum Change in Music 125

3 Living Music in Schools in the Future 128

Afterword: Towards a Usable Past for Music Educators 132

1 Issues in the History of Education 133

2 Bernarr Rainbow and The Land Without Music 134

3 Broadening Horizons 135

4 Towards a Usable Past for Music Educators 142.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-156) and index.

ISBN:

0754606317

OCLC:

49044167