Towards a Praxial Philosophy of Music History Pedagogy

James Vincent Maiello University of Manitoba

Keywords: aesthetic education, praxial philosophy, music history pedagogy

Abstract

This article argues for a paradigm shift in the teaching of music history that parallels relatively recent philosophical currents in music education. After summarizing aesthetic and praxial approaches to music education, the author asserts that music education philosophy is an appropriate critical apparatus for addressing music history pedagogy. He then offers a critical assessment of the traditional model of teaching music history and advocates for an application of a praxial approach as an alternative.

Author Biography

James Vincent Maiello, University of Manitoba

James V. Maiello is an Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Manitoba. From 2008 to 2013 he served on the faculty of Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Plainsong & Medieval Music, Notes, Symposium, the Journal of Music History Pedagogy, and Fontes Artis Musicae. An article, “Updating the Alleluia at Pistoia” is also forthcoming in “Qui musicam in se habet:” Studies in Honor of Alejandro Planchart, to be published by the American Institute of Musicology. Dr. Maiello is currently working on a monograph, Plainchant, Liturgy, and Identity in Medieval Pistoia. He is also writing a brief history of the College Band Directors National Association.

Published

2013-04-04

Issue

Vol 4 No 1: (Fall 2013)

Section

Articles

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