What were the methods and educational philosophies of music teachers in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? What did students study? What were the motivations of teacher and student? Contributors to this volume address these topics and other-including gender, social status, and the role of the Church-to better understand the identities of music teachers and students from 650 to 1650 in Western Europe. This volume provides an expansive view of the beginnings of music pedagogy, and shows how the act of learning was embedded in the broader context of the early Western art music tradition.

Teaching and learning music before Bach

About the Author

Russell E. Murray, Jr. is Professor of Music and Associate Chair at the University of Delaware.

Susan Forscher Weiss is Chair of Musicology, The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.

Cynthia J. Cyrus is Associate Dean and Professor of Musicology at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University.

Reviews

Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.April 2011

* Choice *

The editors and authors of this volume have put together an important collection of essays ... [T]he volume as a whole represents a worthy attempt to treat musical pedagogy in an historical manner and ... the authors and editors are to be congratulated.

* The Medieval Review *

[These essays] address the multifaceted topic of music education in Western Europe over a long span . . . and offer much new information, in part by focusing on places and social groups often previously treated as marginal. . . . One hopes that this engaging collection of essays will spur others to investigate this vast and fascinating topic. Fall 2011

* Early Music America *

What is distinctive and welcome about this book is its musicological focus on pedagogy, music education, and the history of education which serves to expand the horizons of our field of study.

* British Journal of Music Education *

The essays gathered in this volume confirm for us that the study of musical pedagogy in the Middle Ages and Renaissance continues to receive the proper attention it so richly deserves. These contributions present an exciting perspective about the many approaches to themes found under the large umbrella of musical instruction and study, as well as the fascinating fruits that come to bear after their in-depth exploration. This volume is not only a welcome addition to scholarship on this topic but also a telling indicator of new research to come.

* Journal of Musicological Research *



Book Information
ISBN 9780253354860
Author Susan Forscher Weiss
Format Hardback
Page Count 424
Imprint Indiana University Press
Publisher Indiana University Press
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 37mm