History
Notes
Newsletter of the MENC
History Special Research Interest Group
November
2000
Editor, Carolyn Livingston, History SRIG Chair
(2000-2002) Chair-Elect, Roger Rideout
(2002-2004)
HSRIG MEETING AT
CONFERENCE
A HSRIG meeting was held at the MENC biennial
conference in Washington, DC, on March 10, 2000. Carolyn
Livingston, HSRIG chair-elect, presided on behalf of Marie
McCarthy, HSRIG chair, who was unable to be present.
Livingston assumed the office of chair for the 2000-2002
term. Ballots for the election of chair-elect were
presented to the membership by Sondra Wieland Howe. Roger
Rideout was elected chair-elect to serve for the 2000-2002
term. He will automatically become HSRIG chair in 2002 and
hold office until the 2004 conference. George Heller
presented Bruce D. Wilson with the History Special Research
Interest Group Distinguished Service Award for 2000. The
award is presented every two years to an individual who has
made significant contributions to historical research in
music education. In nominating Wilson for the award, Marie
McCarthy wrote, "Dr. Wilson's primary contribution to
historical research in music education lies in his work as
archivist of the MENC Historical Center and later in his
development of a number of significant special collections
in music education at the University of Maryland Libraries.
This imaginative and dedicated work attests to his passion
for historical research and his commitment to collecting
primary source material for use by scholars and researchers
in the field." McCarthy also cited Wilson's many
exhibitions and programs that have featured archival
materials from the Historical Center. Congratulations,
Bruce. We very much appreciate your many valuable
contributions, both direct and indirect, to history of
music education research. We are happy to recognize your
diligent and persistent work throughout the years.
Members present at the meeting expressed
appreciation to be conveyed to Marie McCarthy for her work
as chair of the HSRIG for the past two years.
The centerpiece of the meeting was a
thought-provoking talk by Barbara Finkelstein, Professor in
the Department of Education Policy, Planning and
Administration and Director of the International Center for
the Study of Education Policy and Human Values, University
of Maryland at College Park. Finkelstein's address,
"Crossing Borders, Expanding Boundaries: The New
Historiography of Education," dealt primarily with recent
developments in educational historiography and implications
for the scope, content, and methodology of historical
research in music education. She suggested that music
education history researchers consider more sophisticated
cultural studies, such as Lawrence Levine's study of
Nineteenth Century African-American music. She called on us
to explore the connections between forms of pedagogy across
different communities, oral or written, and cultural
transmission over time. She asked us to consider previously
invisible forms of cultural transmission among families,
communities, and schools across cultures as well as the
roles played by women in music education. Finkelstein urged
that we investigate relationships between the youth culture
and its subcultures, marketplace skills, the mass media of
education, and the role of schools in forming identity. She
stated that music and music education are very different.
Important questions to be answered are "What is music in
society?" and "What is music as it is constructed in music
education?"
A survey form, which dealt primarily
with the work of HSRIG division chairs, was distributed to
members present at the meeting. Twenty-one questionnaires
were returned by respondents. who were from the following
divisions: Eastern (3), North Central (6),
Northwestern (3), Southern (4), Southwestern
(2), Western (1). One respondent was from Canada and
another was from Taiwan.
A considerable amount of active
involvement in the HSRIG was indicated by the fact that
eight respondents reported that they had served as a
division chair, and one had been chair of two different
divisions. Seven respondents had held the office of
state MENC historian.
Those who responded to the request to
name activities they had noticed on the part of their
division chairs, past or present, checked "organize a HSRIG
meeting at a division conference or other venue" (5),
"organize a display at the divisional level" (3), "organize
a special project at the divisional level" (2), "recruit
members to the HSRIG" (7), "encourage the appointment of
State Historians within your division" (9).
Survey respondents were asked to name
additional activities that might be appropriate for
division chairs. One individual mentioned the possibility
that MENC might publish a paperback document on music
education history. Another suggested holding HSRIG meetings
at division conferences. The "development of a relevant
historical research agenda" was named by a third
respondent. "Division chairs could serve as 'clearing
house' folks for all HSRIGs" was another suggestion
offered.
The next HSRIG Newsletter will discuss
answers to the two remaining questions on the survey form.
One question asks for ideas for recruiting new members to
the HSRIG (on the state, division, and national levels),
and the other question requests ideas for improving
communication among HSRIG members or communication to the
MENC membership at large.
ITEMS FOR HISTORY NOTES
History Notes welcomes items dealing with the history of
music education and with history in music education. Some
needs are state and division reports on historical
activities and archival collections. Other useful
information can include notices of scholarly meetings, book
reviews, ideas for the preservation of artifacts and sites,
suggestions for teaching music in its historical context,
summaries of articles, research queries, discussions of
research in progress, sources of grants, examples of
successful resolutions to research or teaching problems,
comments, and opinions. Length should be kept to a minimum.
Items need to be aimed toward the wide interests of the
History Notes audience. Comments on and responses to
Barbara Finkelstein's address at the March 10 meeting, for
example, would be of particular interest to our readers.
Longer scholarly articles and extended book reviews are
more appropriate for such publications as the Journal of
Historical Research in Music Education or the Journal of
Research in Music Education. Readers may send submissions
to Carolyn Livingston, musiced@uri.edu; 401/874-5470 (fax);
Department of Music, University of Rhode Island, Kingston,
RI 02881. Items for spring/early summer History Notes need
to be sent by May 1.
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON
HISTORICAL RESEARCH
IN
MUSIC EDUCATION
The
Fourth International Seminar on Historical Research in
Music Education was held on July 7, 2000, at the University
of London Institute of Education. The four main papers
were:
Dickinson, Peter (University of London). "Bernarr Rainbow
(1914-1998)."
Finney,
John (Homerton College, Cambridge). "Singing and the
National Curriculum: A Historical Perspective."
Lynch,
Mike (University of Reading). The aboliton of 'payment by
results': the end of school music or an opportunity for
further development as reported in the School Music Review
1892-1901?"
Gilbert-Dyson,
Rebekah (Anglia Polytechnic University). "Women within the
Conservatoire: a study of gender and music education at the
Royal Academy of music (1888-1936)."
-submitted
by Gordon Cox
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Journal of Historical Research in Music Education
publishes articles and reviews pertinent in any way to the
history of music education. Authors should submit four
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of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th ed., revised
by John Grossman and Alice Bennett (Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1996). Use numbered endnotes (footnotes)
rather than parenthetical references. To preserve anonymity
in the review process, authors should place their names,
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manuscript based on a master's thesis or doctoral
dissertation should indicate that fact in a cover letter.
Manuscripts should not be submitted simultaneously to more
than one journal. Material contained in submitted
manuscripts should not have been published previously,
either in whole or in part. Send manuscripts and queries
to: JHRME, Jere T. Humphreys, School of Music, Arizona
State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-0405
Jere.Humphreys@asu.edu. Submit book reviews to: Marie
McCarthy, School of Music, University of Maryland, College
Park, MD 20742 mm148@umail.umd.edu.
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http://www.asu.edu/cfa/jhrme.
BOOK
REVIEW
Robert T. Laudon. Minnesota Music Teachers
Association: The Profession and the Community,
1901-2000. Eden Prairie, MN: Minnesota Music Teachers
Association, 2000, 188 pages. ISBN 0-9679777-0-3, $17.95
(paperback). Available for $20 (including shipping and
handling) from Minnesota Music Teachers Association, 11572
Landing Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55347; email,
mmta@sihope.com
The Minnesota Music Teachers
Association (MMTA), an organization of independent music
teachers affiliated with the Music Teachers National
Association (MTNA), is celebrating its centenary with an
excellent publication describing the history of independent
music teaching in Minnesota and the relationship of MMTA to
the musical communities in the state. Robert Laudon, who is
a Musicology Professor Emeritus at the University of
Minnesota and a past president of MMTA, has spent many
years researching this book.
How can an organization's
centennial history appeal to both the practical music
teacher and the scholar? This attractive book includes many
pictures of past leaders and musical activities, and copies
of important concert programs. The text is written well and
the layout is appealing. There is a chronology (pages
165-81) of state conventions, presidents, major concerts,
and MMTA events. Scholars will appreciate the detailed
endnotes (pages 141-64), which include biographies of all
the presidents and many valuable sources of information.
MMTA was founded in 1901 and
affiliated with MTNA in 1922. During the first third of the
twentieth century, the presidents were men (except for
Elsie Shawe, who was also active in MENC). During the
middle third, presidents were both men and women and
included many college professors. Presidents in the last
third have been mostly female independent music teachers. A
major activity of MMTA has been the annual contest in which
winners play in a spring massed-piano event. Percy Grainger
conducted the first concert in 1936, and the twenty-piano
concert is still popular. MMTA has actively promoted school
music for credit and certification programs for teachers.
Laudon describes the development of theory examinations and
comprehensive exams for piano and other instruments.
Laudon's book is an excellent model for historians as they
research the history of music education organizations in
many states.
-
submitted by Sondra Wieland Howe
RESEARCH QUERY
Does any
historian have biographical data about Thomas Comer, a
contemporary of Lowell Mason? He was a Boston area educator
and musician. If you have information or can suggest a
source, please e-mail Carolyn Livingston at
musiced@uri.edu.
RECENT
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Sand, Barbara Lourie. Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay and
the Making of a Musician. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press,
2000.
Book
Chapters, Periodicals, Yearbooks, and Proceedings
Britton,
Allen P. "Comments from Another Grand Master." Music
Educators Journal 86 (March 2000): 44.
Cole, Judith. "Grace Nash: Nine Decades of Graceful
Teaching." Teaching Music 7 (June 2000): 44-48.
Colwell, Richard J. "The Best from the Past." Music
Educators Journal 86 (March 2000): 43-49.
Sondra Wieland Howe. "American Women Music Educators,
1900-1950." The Historian's Perspective: A Symposium in
Tribute to Allen P. Britton. University of Maryland,
College Park, March 2000.
_________. Leadership in MENC: The Female Tradition."
Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education 141
(Summer 1999): 59-65.
_________. "Swiss-German Music Books in the Mason-McConathy
Collection: Accounts from Europe to the United Sates."
Journal of Research in Music Education 48 (Spring 2000):
26-38.
Humphreys, Jere T., and Sandra L. Stauffer. "An Analysis of
the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Research in Music
Education, 1953-1992." Journal of Research in Music
Education 48 (Spring 2000): 65-77.
Mark, Michael L. "From Tanglewood to Tallahasse in 32
Years." Music Educators Journal 86 (March 2000): 25-28.
_________. "MENC: From Tanglewood to the Present." In
Vision 2020: The Housewright Symposium on the Future of
Music Education, ed. Clifford K. Madsen, 5-22. Reston, VA:
MENCóThe National Association for Music Education, 2000.
Mooney, Kevin E. "Defining Texas Music: Lota May Spell's
Contributions." The Bulletin of the Society for American
Music 25 (Spring 2000): 1-6.
Piersol, Jon R. "Wiley Housewright on Music's Changing
Times." Music Educators Journal 86 (March 2000): 29-31.
Schaeffer, Gregory. "Research Report--Songs on the Prairie:
The Unidentified Singing School Book of Laura Ingalls
Wilder." The Hymn 51 (July 2000): 38-40.
Tovey, David G. "The Role of the Music Educator in Mexico's
Cultural Missions." Bulletin of the Council for Research in
Music Education 139 (Winter 1999): 1-11.
"Twenty-Five Years of Contributions to Music Education from
the Editors's Desk: Reflection and Retrospect."
Contributions to Music Education 25.1 (1998): 7-15.
Weber, Dennis M. "The Transition of the Cantus Firmus from
the Tenor to the Soprano in Anglo-American Hymnody." The
Hymn 51 (July 2000): 11-23.
Reviews
Beale,
John. "Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and
American Folksong." Ohio History 108.1 (1999):
77-80.
-
submitted by George N. Heller
PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM
IV
"Into
the New Millennium" was the title of Philosophy of Music
Education Symposium IV, held at Aston University,
Birmingham, England, June 7-10. The School of Music at
Indiana University and The University of Louisiana served
as sponsors. The titles of papers selected for the
symposium and the names of presenters and respondents are
listed below:
Allsop, Randall (New York, USA). "Music Education as
Liberatory Practice: Exploring the Ideas of Milan Kundera."
Respondents: Susan Quindag and Pamela Burnard.
Bogdan,
Deanne (University of Toronto, Canada). "Musical Listening
and Performance as Embodied Dialogism." Respondents: Sondra
Wieland Howe and Frank Heuser.
Boyce-Tillman,
June (King Alfred's College, UK). "Promoting Well-Being
Through Music Education." Respondents: David Ward-Steinman
and Marguerite Nering.
Carr,
David (University of Edinburgh, UK). "Can White Men Play
the Blues? Music, Learning Theory and Performance
Knowledge." Respondents:Patrice Madura and John
Kratus.
Detels,
Claire (University of Arkansas, USA). "Towards a
Redefinition of the Role of the Arts in Education:
Extrapolations from Ernest Gellner's Plough, Sword, and
Book." Respondents: Paul Woodford and Louise
Pascale.
Elliott,
David (University of Toronto, Canada). "Music and Affect:
The Praxial View." Respondents: Alvira Panaiotidi and
Carlos Rodriguez.
--Livingston,
Carolyn (University of Rhode Island, USA). "Naming Country
Music: An Historian Looks at Meanings Behind the Labels."
Respondents: Dawn Corso and Therese Volk.
Morton,
Charlene (University of Prince Edward Island, Canada).
"Boom Diddy Boom Boom: Critical Multiculturalism and
Music." Respondents: Jerre Humphreys and Heidi
Westerlund.
Palmer,
Anthony (Boston, USA). "Consiousness Studies and a
Philosophy of Music Education." Respondents: Christine
Brown and Masafumi Ogawa.
Price,
Kingsley (John Hopkins University, USA). "How Can a Piece
of Music Be Merry?" Respondent, Forrest Hansen.
Richter,
Christoph (University of Berlin, Germany). "Musical
Workshop: Activity as an Aspect of Hermeneutic
Understanding and as a Way of Didactic Interpretation of
Music." Respondents: Monique Salinas-Stauffer and Ann
Stokes.
Senyshyn,
Yaroslav (Simon Fraser University, Canada) and Susan
O'Neill (Keele University, UK). "Subjective Experience of
Anxiety and Musical Performance: A Relational Perspective."
Respondents: Barbara Kennison and Stephen Zdzinski.
Yob,
Iris (Indiana University, USA). "A Feeling for Others:
Music Education and Service Learning." Respondents, Lucy
Green and Estelle Jorgensen.
HSRIG OFFICERS
*
National Chair: Carolyn Livingston, Department of Music,
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881. E-mail:
musiced@uriacc.uri.edu
* National Vice-Chair: Roger Rideout, Dept. of Music &
Dance, 276 FAC, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
E-mail: rideout@music.umass.edu.
* National Past Chair: Marie McCarthy, School of Music,
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
E-mail: mm148@umail.umd.edu
* Eastern Division Chair: Patrick M. Jones, Fredonia School
of Music, State University of New York, Fredonia, NY 14063.
E-mail: jonesp@fredonia.edu
* North Central Division Chair: Jean Fickett, 1175D Arbor
Drive, East Lansing, MI 48823 E-mail:
fickettj@pilot.msu.edu
* Northwestern Division Chair: Gary Nakayama, 14402 144th
St. E, Orting, WA 98360.
* Southern Division Chair: James T. McRaney, 2636
Whiteleigh Court, Atlanta, GA 30345. E-mail:
JMcRaney@aol.com
* Southwestern Division Chair: Alan Spurgeon, RR 2 Box 85,
Weatherford, OK 73096-9534. E-mail: spurgeon@hpnts.net
* Western Division Chair: Aubrey Penman, 4333 Alderwood
Way, Sacramento, CA 95864.