A groundbreaking work expanding our view of music beyond the Western classical tradition.

Successful professional music teachers must not only be knowledgeable in conducting and performing, but also be socially and culturally aware of students, issue

In clear and elegant prose, Music of the Common Tongue, first published in 1987, argues that by any reasonable reckoning of the function of music in human life

This open access book highlights the importance of visions of alternative futures in music teacher education in a time of increasing societal complexity due to

A musical practice used for centuries the world over, improvisation too often has been neglected by scholars who dismiss it as either technically undissectible