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Music Education

A guide to library resources for music educators

Methodologies, Anthologies, and Indexes to Classroom Repertoire

Teaching Methodologies

The following resources in the UO Libraries Music Collection provide practical approaches to teaching music:

Learning Basic Skills Through Music by Hap Palmer
Call Number: COMPACT DISC CX10886
Publication Date: 2001
The Science and Psychology of Music Performance: Creative Strategies for Teaching and Learning by Richard Parncutt (Editor); Gary McPherson (Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
Publication Date: 2002
Diverse Methodologies in the Study of Music Teaching and Learning by Linda K. Thompson; Mark Robin Campbell
Call Number: MT1 .D58 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Shaping Sound Musicians by Patricia OToole
Call Number: MT10 .O878 2003
Publication Date: 2003

Anthologies of Music for the Classroom

The following resources provide collections of music that educators might utilize in classroom teaching:

American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3 by Larry Starr
Call Number: ML3477 .S73 2010 + COMPACT DISC
Publication Date: 2009
Music Resources for Multicultural Perspectives by William M. Anderson & Patricia Shehan Campbell
Call Number: COMPACT DISC CX10876
Publication Date: 1998

Indexes to Music Collections

The following resources can help you find folk & American popular songs (many in the public domain) for classroom use:

Folk music: A Catalog of Folk Songs, Ballads, Dances, Instrumental Pieces, and Folk Tales of the United States and Latin America on phonograph records. by Library of Congress Music Division
Call Number: ML156.4.F5 U5 1964
Publication Date: 1964
International Bibliography of Discographies by David E. Cooper
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML113.C655 I6
Publication Date: 1975
Song Finder: A Title Index to 32,000 Popular Songs in Collections, 1854-1992 by Gary Lynn Ferguson (Editor)
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML128.S3 F47 1995
Publication Date: 1995
Popular Song Index by Patricia P. Havlice
Call Number: MUSIC REF ML128.S3 H4
Publication Date: 1975
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Subjects: Education, Music

Tags: Education, Music Pedagogy, School Music

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