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Allen, Sue Fay; Keenan-Takagi, Kathleen – Music Educators Journal, 1992
Presents an annotated listing of choral works by women composers. Suggests sources of information about women composers and their music. Discusses some contemporary women whose compositions are particularly appropriate for student voices. Concludes that the listed works will help place women composers in perspective for student choral groups. (SG)
Descriptors: Females, Intermediate Grades, Music Education, Musicians
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Best, Harold M. – Design for Arts in Education, 1990
Outlines a philosophy for music literacy for all students that emphasizes wholeness. Suggests that music educators concentrate on nonverbal knowing, integrating popular and classical culture, balancing learned literature and improvisation, and making singing a central part of the music curriculum. Maintains that artistic excellence should be a…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Auditory Training, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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Smith, F. Joseph – Philosophy of Music Education Review, 1995
Presents 44 entries from a modern composer and music professors' journal, culled from 1993 to the present. Includes comments and criticisms of composers and musicians, as well as philosophical and practical observations. (MJP)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Auditory Perception, Choral Music, Cognitive Processes