Musical Knowledge: Intuition, Analysis and Music Education

ISBN-13: 9780415100977 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 208 str.

Keith Swanwick

Opis

The understanding of music involves the mastery of its various layers of meaning. Sometimes this meaning is acquired through human insight; at other times, it can be learned. The central concern of this volume is the tension between intuitive and analytical ways of making sense of the world. The author examines this relationship on three levels: in considering music as a way of knowing; as the apparent predicament between qualitative and quantitative research paradigms; and as a tension in education. Swanwick guides his reader from a theoretical exploration of musical knowledge, through an examination of ways of researching the musical experience to a concluding section which should be of direct practical help to teachers. He suggests ways in which music education can be a vital transaction, giving examples across a range of music teaching, including school classroom and instrumental studios.

Recenzje

`Musical Knowledge is an important book which deserves a wide readership among those who teach and legislate on the teaching of music.' - Educational Supplement

Spis treści

Introduction Part I Musical knowledge and value 1 The nature of musical knowledge 2 Intuition, analysis and symbolic forms 3 Musical knowledge in action 4 Research and the magic of music 5 The development of musical knowledge 6 Assessing musical knowledge Part III Musical learning and musical teaching 7 Teaching for musical knowledge 8 Instrumental teaching as music teaching 9 Curriculum and community

O autorze

Keith Swanwick is Professor of Music Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. He has been musically active throughout his career, notably as a conductor, and has taught at secondary, post-16 and university levels. He is the author of a number of books on music and music education, including A Basis for Music Education and Music, Mind and Education, both of which are published by Routledge.