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Facing the Music: Shaping Music Education from a Global Perspective
Huib Schippers
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Description for Facing the Music: Shaping Music Education from a Global Perspective
paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 black and white halftones, 23 line illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; JNU; YQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Facing the music investigates the practices and ideas that have grown from some five decades of cultural diversity in music education, developments in ethnomusicology, and the rise of 'world music'. Speaking from rich, hands-on experience of more than thirty years at various levels of music education (music in schools, community organizations and professional training courses), Huib Schippers makes a powerful case for the crucial role of learning music in shaping rich and diverse musical environments for the 21st century, both in practical terms and at a conceptual level: "what we hear is the product of what we believe about music." ... Read more
Facing the music investigates the practices and ideas that have grown from some five decades of cultural diversity in music education, developments in ethnomusicology, and the rise of 'world music'. Speaking from rich, hands-on experience of more than thirty years at various levels of music education (music in schools, community organizations and professional training courses), Huib Schippers makes a powerful case for the crucial role of learning music in shaping rich and diverse musical environments for the 21st century, both in practical terms and at a conceptual level: "what we hear is the product of what we believe about music." ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195379761
SKU
V9780195379761
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99-2
About Huib Schippers
Schippers is Director of Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre at Griffith University, Brisbane; Deputy Chair of the Music Council of Australia
Reviews for Facing the Music: Shaping Music Education from a Global Perspective
Schippers writes beautifully, so the mere process of absorbing the structure of his sentences, his wit and insight is, in itself, a rewarding experience
Music Forum
A new publcation dedicated to musical diversity in music education gets rid of prejudices, questions common terminology and gives practical examples and insight into music education for, through, and with music from ... Read more
Music Forum
A new publcation dedicated to musical diversity in music education gets rid of prejudices, questions common terminology and gives practical examples and insight into music education for, through, and with music from ... Read more