The Cambridgeshire Report on the Teaching of Music: Music and the Community

by Cambridgeshire Council of Music Education

Overview

Originally published in 1933, this book presents the content of a report prepared over several years by the Cambridgeshire Council of Music Education. The text provides a comprehensive study regarding the nature of music education in the region and the possibilities for its improvement, taking into account the changes to musical experience brought about by the gramophone and broadcasting. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the teaching of music and the history of education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107445796
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/04/2014
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

The committee; List of persons consulted; Preface; Introduction; Part I. The Value of Music to the Community and the Place that it Should Occupy in Education; Part II. Specimen Schemes of Musical Training for Children and Adults: Introductory; 1. Primary education; 2. Post primary education; 3. Small schools: covering infant schools and junior schools (primary), and senior classes (post-primary); 4. Training colleges; 5. Part-time further education; 6. The contribution of the universities; Part III. Suggestion on Teaching Methods: 1. Infants' introduction to music in school; 2. Training of children's voices; 3. Treatment of adolescent voices; 4. Ear-training n melody and harmony; 5. Training in rhythm and musical dictation; 6. Vocal sight-reading; 7. Instrumental sight-reading; 8. Teaching the history of music; 9. Extemporisation and melody-writing; 10. Learning instruments in class; 11. Listening to music; 12. The use of mechanically reproduced music; 13. Correlation of music with other studies; 14. Musical education of difficult and retarded types; 15. Conducting and training of children's choirs; 16. Conducting and training of children's orchestras; 17. Conducting and training of adult choirs; 18. Conducting and training of adult orchestras; 19. Training of conductors; Part IV. Other Aspects of Music: 1. Music and the corporate life of the school; 2. Concerts for children; 3. Other musical influences on the child out of school; 4. Organisation of adult choirs; 5. Organisation of adult orchestras; 6. Musical festivals and competitions; 7. The fostering of musical education by local organisations: as illustrated by the Cambridgeshire Council of Musical Education; 8. Circulating libraries of music and books on music; 9. Examinations, external and internal, and inspections; 10. Community; Part V. Retrospect and Conclusions; Appendix A. List of song books; Appendix B. List of hymn books; Appendix C. List of orchestral and chamber music; Appendix D. List of pianoforte music; Appendix E. Classified list of books on music; Appendix F. Periodicals on music; Appendix G. Instruments and apparatus; Appendix H. Organisations which can give outside musical help and the nature of the help given; Appendix I. Societies and companies which publish educational gramophone records and player-piano rolls, and publishers who have educational departments in music.