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 enlarge | Author: Bennett Reimer
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 487265
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 307
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0130993387
Dewey Decimal Number: 780.71
EAN: 9780130993380
ASIN: 0130993387
Publication Date: August 5, 2002
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 Not convincing! December 10, 1999
18 out of 31 found this review helpful
This book is selling old, modernist ideas about music which are totally unconvincing compared to the postmodern views of music (e.g., Lawrence Kramer, John Shepherd, George Lipsitz, Robert Walser, Richard Taruskin) I've been studying in musicology and ethnomusicology courses (where the profs just chuckle at Reimer's book). Why do my music education profs still believe this stuff?
This book is a good example of bad philosophy. November 5, 1999
14 out of 26 found this review helpful
This book fails to offer a reasonable philosophy of music education because it is based on a notion of music (as a "presentational symbol") which has been debunked by mainstream philosophers for decades. The "absolute expressionist" theory of music and music education put forth in this book is so narrow and implausible it's hard to believe that any reasonable person would take it seriously. Because it misrepresents the nature and value of music, this book is invalid as a guide for music curriculum and instruction.
 A Great Read For All Music Educators June 28, 1999
20 out of 25 found this review helpful
This text presents an excellent philosophy of music education! It makes clear that the nature and value of music must be found WITHIN it, not outside. We music educators must express to the public that music in itself is good and should not be an excuse or tool for increased standardized test scores, etc. Currently, more and more music educators are forced to link musical attributes to scholastic activity. This deteriorates the nature and value of music. Author Reimer makes it clear that an aesthetic view of music education is a goal for all music educators to strive for.
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