Research Catalog

Title

Songs in their heads : music and its meaning in children's lives / Patricia Shehan Campbell.

Author

Campbell, Patricia Shehan.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Description

xiv, 246 p. : music; 24 cm.

Summary

This book explores the musical interest and needs of children in their daily lives. Based upon their expressed thoughts and actual "musicking" behaviors, this text examines the songs they sing, the rhythms they make, and the roles that music plays for them. Blending standard education field experiences with ethnographic techniques, Dr. Campbell demonstrates how music is personally and socially meaningful to children and what values they place on particular musical styles, songs, and functions. She explores musical behaviors in various contextual settings, and presents in notated and narrative forms some of the "songs in their heads," balancing music learned with music "made," and intentional, purposeful music with natural musical behavior. Songs in Their Heads is a vivid and engaging book that bridges the disciplines of music education, musicology, ethnomusicology, and folklore. Designed as a text or supplemental text in a variety of music education method courses, as well as a reference for music specialists and classroom teachers, this book will also appeal to parents interested in understanding and enhancing music making in their children.

Subject

• Music > Instruction and study
• School music > Instruction and study
• Musical ability in children

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-246) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Musical children -- In music: Children at musical play: Narrative tales -- Tales -- Horace Mann schoolyard -- Lakeshore zebras -- Rundale school cafeteria -- Riders of the C-Bus -- Mrs. Bedford's music class: At the periphery -- Toys and more store -- Reflections -- On music: Conversations with children -- Flexible system -- Conversations: Michael -- Darryl -- George -- Carrie -- Ramnad -- Lisa -- Ramona -- James -- Beth -- Manuel -- Lateesha -- Alan -- Anna -- Tuyen -- Jonathan -- Reflections -- Children: Prospects for their musical education: Who they musically are -- Music in them -- What music means to children -- Music: Good for what? -- Learning, enculturation, and the schools -- Mission of school music -- Children's big and little cultures -- Diversity of musicking -- Their music -- All that they can musically be: Personal side of music -- Social-familial sides of music -- Functional side of music -- Self-study of music -- Musical choices -- More of a musical education -- Musical mosaics -- Afterword -- Appendix 1-- Appendix 2 -- Notes -- References.

ISBN

• 0195111001 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 019511101X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97014663^/MN

OCLC

• 36892704
• SCSB-10091637

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library