A Discussion of Gunther Schuller's Approach to Conducting: Implications for the Instrumental Music Classroom

Autor/in	Waldron, Janice
Titel	A Discussion of Gunther Schuller's Approach to Conducting: Implications for the Instrumental Music Classroom
Quelle	In: Philosophy of Music Education Review, 16 (2008) 1, S.97-108 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1063-5734
DOI	10.2979/PME.2008.16.1.97
Schlagwörter	Music Education; Educational Philosophy; Musicians; Music Teachers; Music Activities; Criticism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Musikerziehung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Musiker; Music; Teacher; Teachers; Musiklehrer; Musikalische Aktion; Kritik
Abstract	What professional musicians say and do affects the attitudes and actions of music educators in the classroom. One example comes from influential conductor/composer, Gunther Schuller, who, in his controversial 1997 book, "The Compleat Conductor", defines, espouses, and recommends his own "philosophy of conducting." An examination of his ideas and, more importantly, the assumptions that premise them, demonstrates that Schuller fails to situate his beliefs within the larger historical framework of aesthetic philosophy. It also serves as a useful example of how we, as conductor/educators, are prone to distance ourselves from educational philosophy as a product of the systematic examination of beliefs. This is dangerous because, through conducting, one necessarily reinforces a philosophy of music, which is itself situated within the general realm of aesthetic philosophy. This paper summarizes Shuller's interpretation of conducting, identifies the unarticulated realist and idealist assumptions within, critiques his "philosophy," and discusses the implications of this prescriptive approach to instrumental music education. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10