A Bibliography of Music History Pedagogy

  • Scott Dirkse University of California, Santa Barbara
Keywords: music history pedagogy, music education, pedagogy, higher education

Abstract

The field of music history pedagogy has a rich history of discourse dating back to the beginning of the twentieth century. Numerous journals, dissertations, essay collections, and conference proceedings of professional associations have provided space for music history pedagogy scholarship.  This article provides a comprehensive bibliography of the field, bringing together all of the available scholarship and discourse related to American music history pedagogy.  The bibliography concludes with a list of presentations given at the 2011, 2012, and 2014 Teaching Music History conferences.

Author Biography

Scott Dirkse, University of California, Santa Barbara

Scott Dirkse is a doctoral student in musicology at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he is completing a dissertation on the development of music history pedagogy. He holds degrees in piano performance and pedagogy from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and the University of South Carolina as well as an MA in musicology from UCSB. He is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music and has presented his research at Teaching Music History Day and the national conferences of MTNA, NCKP, and CMS. His article “Encouraging Empirical Research: Findings from the Music Appreciation Classroom†appeared in the Fall 2011 issue of the JMHP.       

Published
2014-07-12
Issue
Vol 5 No 1: (Fall 2014)
Section
Reports and Practices

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