Argues that historians are revisionists in that personal and cultural conditioning is automatically reflected in their interpretations. Illustrates this point by presenting the contrasting views of Lowell Mason, an influential 19th century musician and music educator. Concludes that by recognizing these conscious and unconscious influences upon…

Examines the relationship between home musical environment and musical attributes among 116 second-grade primarily Mexican-American children. Multiple regression analyses revealed no significant relationship between home environment and tonal or rhythmic perception. (Author/JDH)

Using 411 fourth- through sixth-grade students, this study found a relationship between classroom music attitudes and grade level, gender, and socioeconomic level. Results also showed little relationship between classroom music attitudes and musical aptitude. (JDH)

This report describes a program for integrating the musical intelligence in a first-grade classroom curriculum in a primary K-2 school in a northern suburb of Chicago, Illinois. The utilization of the musical intelligence in the classroom is documented with attitudinal surveys, checklists, music journals and teacher observations. Music…

Results of this study suggest that some use of the type of the listening used in this study would be appropriate for teaching discriminative listening in the general music curriculum. (Author)

Discusses Martin Luther's contribution to music education. (GB)

Discusses "black music" and how that term has come to reflect many of the sociological and political changes that have taken place in our society. (GB)

Outlines several units on African Music with complete details. (GB)

Author presents an analysis of American popular music. (RK)

Teaching suggestions for helping children to perform a choral-speaking fugue. (RB)

Describes three basic types of music listeners: the sensorial, the perceptive, and the imaginative. (MF)

A semester-long study of Mozart helped eighth-graders understand the composer's personality and appreciate his music. Students read a biography of his life, studied the forms of his music, danced the minuet, and performed one of his operas in a schoolwide Mozart Day celebration. (AM)

Music listening experiences have a role in the general music program. "Scanning" is Harry S. Broudy's approach to developing responsiveness to music's expressive qualities through music listening. (AM)