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Publication Date: 2004-Jul
Pages: 16
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A Sound Education: The Gramophone and the Classroom in the United Kingdom and the United States, 1920-1940
Symes, Colin
British Journal of Music Education, v21 n2 p163-178 Jul 2004
The advent of the gramophone transformed the cultural conditions of contemporary music, including the way it was taught. For a considerable period of time, musicians and music educators disparaged the gramophone. The members of the musical appreciation movement were more sympathetic and helped transform the gramophone's educational image during the 1920s and 1930s. They argued that the gramophone, contrary to its detractors, might stem the appeal of popular music. As is clear from the sentiments of those espousing the pedagogic uses of the gramophone--which are analysed in this paper--their advocacy went far beyond music and was part of a broader cultural agenda, which included arresting the moral dangers associated with popular music.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Music Education, Musical Instruments, Educational Development, Educational History, Advocacy, Popular Culture, Moral Values, Cultural Background, Educational Practices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Acoustics, Audio Equipment, Activism, Music Appreciation
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Language: English
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