TY - JOUR
T1 - A Sound education
T2 - the gramophone and the classroom in the United Kingdom and the United States, 1920-1940
AU - Symes, Colin
N1 - Copyright 2004 Cambridge University Press. Reprinted from British journal of music education.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The advent of the gramophone transformed the cultural conditions of contemporary music, including the way it was taught. For a considerable period of time, musicians and music educators disparaged the gramophone. The members of the musical appreciation movement were more sympathetic and helped transform the gramophone's educational image during the 1920s and 1930s. They argued that the gramophone, contrary to its detractors, might stem the appeal of popular music. As is clear from the sentiments of those espousing the pedagogic uses of the gramophone – which are analysed in this paper – their advocacy went far beyond music and was part of a broader cultural agenda, which included arresting the moral dangers associated with popular music.
AB - The advent of the gramophone transformed the cultural conditions of contemporary music, including the way it was taught. For a considerable period of time, musicians and music educators disparaged the gramophone. The members of the musical appreciation movement were more sympathetic and helped transform the gramophone's educational image during the 1920s and 1930s. They argued that the gramophone, contrary to its detractors, might stem the appeal of popular music. As is clear from the sentiments of those espousing the pedagogic uses of the gramophone – which are analysed in this paper – their advocacy went far beyond music and was part of a broader cultural agenda, which included arresting the moral dangers associated with popular music.
U2 - 10.1017/S0265051704005674
DO - 10.1017/S0265051704005674
M3 - Article
SN - 0265-0517
VL - 21
SP - 163
EP - 178
JO - British Journal of Music Education
JF - British Journal of Music Education
IS - 2
ER -