Music Education: Source Readings from Ancient Greece to Today
This collection of important writings in music education spans  2500 years, from thinkers like Aristotle to institutions like  the National Endowment for the Arts. Noted music education  historian Mark (emeritus, Towson State Univ.) has compiled  excerpts from over 100 philosophers, scholars, administrators,  and politicians. Although many of the early selections appeared  in Source Readings in Music Education History (1982), a music  education staple also edited by Mark, this volume is valuable  for its wide variety of new American sources, particularly  post-1950. Also unique to this volume is a section organizing  the source materials by current educational issues: "Music  Education and Society," "Music Education: Mind and Brain," "The  School Music Program," and "Advocacy for Music Education."  Invaluable to scholars and students and useful as a digest of  key ideas in music education for the casual reader, this is  highly recommended for public and academic libraries. Lori-Anne  Dolloff, Univ. of TorontoCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.