Women music educators in the United States : a history / Sondra Wieland Howe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, Sondra Wieland, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Instruction and study--United States--History.

Music.

Women music teachers--United States--History.

Women music teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although women have been teaching and performing music for centuries, their stories are often missing from traditional accounts of the history of music education. In Women Music Educators in the United States: A History, Sondra Wieland Howe provides a comprehensive narrative of women teaching music in the United States from colonial days until the end of the twentieth century. Defining music education broadly to include home, community, and institutional settings, Howe draws on sources from musicology, the history of education,

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. EARLY AMERICAN MUSIC EDUCATION (TO 1860); Chapter One. Colonial and Revolutionary America; Chapter Two. Antebellum America (1790-1860); Part II. CIVIL WAR AND THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY (1860-1900); Chapter Three. Music in the Private Sphere, Churches, and Community; Chapter Four. Music in the Public Sphere: School Music, Publishing, and Teacher Training; Chapter Five. Music Organizations in the Nineteenth Century; Part III. TWENTIETH CENTURY THROUGH WORLD WAR II (1900-1945)

Chapter Six. Music Supervisors in the Public SchoolsChapter Seven. Classroom Music, Music Appreciation, and Choirs; Chapter Eight. Instrumental Music; Chapter Nine. Publications: Textbooks, Piano Methods, and Folk Music; Chapter Ten. Music in the Community; Chapter Eleven. Music Education Organizations (1900-1945); Chapter Twelve. Higher Education: Institutes, Normal Schools, Conservatories, and Universities; Part IV. SINCE WORLD WAR II (1945-TODAY); Chapter Thirteen. New Methodologies: Dalcroze, Orff, Kodály, and Suzuki; Chapter Fourteen. Music Education Organizations since 1945

Chapter Fifteen. Publications: Textbooks, Piano Methods, and JournalsChapter Sixteen. Choirs, Orchestras, Bands, and Conductors; Postlude; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8108-8848-3

OCLC:

864140028