History of Music Education

By sirrap

  • Pilgrims Arrived in America

  • Puritans Arrived in America

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    Music in Early America

    Was an oral tradition. Very few could read music. Ministers advocated for musical training. Resulted in the rise of singing masters.

  • All citizens required to have elementary school education

  • Taxes were starting to be used to pay teacher

  • 1 teacher designated to every 50 families in towns

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    Bach in Europe

  • Reverend Thomas complained about how the singing was

    Advocating for music education begun
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    The Singing School Movement

    The first system of music education stemmed from this

  • Music Education Became a Curricular Subject

    Recommended by Lowell Mason
    The first time music education was supported by public taxes

  • New York Philharmonic was created

  • Lewis A Benjamin wrote The Musical Academy

    A textbook for his ensembles

  • River Fall Conservatory

    Introduced by Eben Tourjee

  • First instrumental ensemble in a public school

  • Newport Musical Institute

    Introduced by Eben Tourjee

  • New Class Book written by Howell Brothers

    Taught violin using pentatonic scales

  • New England Conservatory Created

    Modeled after the Leipzig Conservatory in Germany

  • Music Teacher National Association

  • Symphony Society of New York

  • 1st Instrumental Teacher hired

  • Saint Louis Symphony was established

  • Benjamin Brothers Musical Academy

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    Eastern European Immigration in America

  • Boston Symphony Orchestra was created

    Considered the world's finest symphony at the time
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    Frank T. Benjamin's Children's Carnivals

  • Free violin schools

    Taught by the wife of Lewis Benjamin

  • St. Olaf Choirs became famous

    Made famous by F. Melius Christiansen

  • People's Singing Classes at Cooper Union

    Created by Frank Damrosch​

  • Vocal Music recommended in Public schools of Philadelphia

  • Patrick Gilmore created Peace Festival of 1869

    Exposed the country to full bands, orchestras and choirs

  • Murdock Company founded

    Dealers in String Instruments

  • Instrumental Music became common in Public Schools

  • Music education started to focus on child development

  • The First Annual Festival of the National Union of Orchestras

  • Creation of the MENC

  • Musical Courier Tour

    Solidified the reputation of the St. Olaf Choir

  • Sistine Chapel Choir Toured America

    Followed the Rise of Acapella​ Music

  • Rise of band competitions in the United States

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    Cold War

    Focus in education shifted to Science, Military and Math
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    Civil Rights Movement

  • Commission on Basic Concepts

    Organized by the MENC
    Helped define a philosophical foundation for music education

  • Russia put Sputnik into space

  • Ford Foundation being the first philanthropic institution to work and improve Music Ed

  • Basic Concepts in Music Education: The Yearbook

    Published by the National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE)
    Cited Historical Justification
    Reminded music educators of the vital role of music

  • Woods Hole Conference

    Response to Sputnik
    Music was Categorized as Aesthetic education
    Music educators were able to teach concepts, skills, and repertoire.

  • AASA presented curriculum including music, drama and arts

  • Young Composers Project

  • Foundations and Principles of Music Educations

    Argued for the educational centrality of Music Education

  • The Process of Education

    Written Jerome Bruner
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    The Decline of Education

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    The Rise of Cognitive Psychology

    Contributed to the idea of Conceptual Learning

  • MENC expanded Young Composers Project and named it Contemporary Music Project

  • Yale Seminar on Music Education

  • Project on Instruction

    encouraged reading, comprehension and disciplined thought

  • Julliard Repertory Project

    Created to compose high-quality​ music for early grade music educators

  • Philip Phenix proposed the Six Independent Realms of Meaning

  • Seminar on Comprehensive Musicianship

    Hosted by Northwestern University

  • A symposium held to evaluate musicianship

    held in Warrenton​ Virginia

  • The Tanglewood Symposium

    Sponsored​ by the MENC

  • Project Zero

    Investigated the artistic and aesthetic development of children

  • Languages of Art

    Written by Nelson Goodman
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    Contemporary Music Project's

    Had three programs:
    Professionals-in-Residence
    The Teaching of Comprehensive Musicianship
    Complementary Activities

  • MENC's Goals and Objectives Project

    The goal was to conduct and activities to build a vibrant music culture

  • A Philosophy of Music Education

    Written by Bennett Reimer

  • World Peace Festival

    Similar to the festival in 1869

  • The School Music Program: Descriptions and Standards

    published by the National Commission on Instruction

  • Knowledge and the Curriculum

    Written by Paul Hirst
    Lists physical sciences, history, religion, literature, fine arts and philosophy as seven​ forms of knowledge

  • Lowest SAT scores in History

  • President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

    Created​ by Ronald Reagan

  • A Nation At Risk

    Awareness of the decile in the education system

  • War on Music Education

    Music was seen as an elective. Music Ed. funding saw budget cuts

  • College Board Quality Education Project

  • Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

  • Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences

    Written and Inferred​ by Howard Gardner

  • Learning and Teaching: Ways of Knowing

    Ideas by Elliot Eisner

  • Beyond Creating: The Place for Art in America's Schools

    Published by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts

  • Nation Spent $215.5 billion on Education

  • The Arts, Education, and Aesthetic Knowing

    Published by the NSSE

  • On the Nature of the Musical Experience

    Written by Bennett Reimer and Jefferey Wright

  • Philosophy of Music Education: Special Research Group

  • The Bell Curve

    Controversial bc mentioned race determining intelligence

  • The Vision 2020/ Housewright Symposium

    Held at Florida State University
    Influenced music ed for over​ a decade

  • Transforming Music Education

    Written by Estelle Ruth Jorgensen

  • Democracy and Music Education

    Written by Paul Woodford
    A political​ perspective on Music Education

  • The Centennial Congress of the MENC

  • Seeking the Significance of Music Education: Essays and Reflection

    Written by Bennett Reimer

  • Music Education for Changing Times

    Written by J. Terry and Thomas Regeleski
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    Lincoln Center's The Imagination Conversations Project