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Seminal lectures on music education since the 1990s.There is no question that music education is in crisis today. The place of music in the national curriculum is controversial; there have been cuts in the provision of individual lessons; and there have been severe reductions in government funding, with more planned. This book, containing the first five Bernarr Rainbow Lectures, makes an important and timely contribution to the debate on music education. Baroness Warnock brings the perspective of a distinguished philosopher to bear on issues about the nature of music and its study; Lord Moser urges us to maintain and expand what has been achieved since World War II; the late Professor John Paynter, responsible for the 1960s surge in creative approaches to music teaching, presents his case in two contributions; John Stephens discusses structures for music teaching and then, in a second contribution, brings everything up to date; and Professor Gavin Henderson traces his own colourful career and supports music for all ages. Also included is the 2005 Royal Philharmonic Society by the Master of the Queen''s Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies; an assessment from Bernarr Rainbow himself, written late in his life; an indictment from Wilfrid Mellers; and two reviews of Bernarr Rainbow on Music: Memoirs and Selected Writings, showing the continuing importance of his work fifteen years after his death. This book is part of the series Classic Texts in Music Education, edited by Professor Peter Dickinson, and supported by the Bernarr Rainbow Trust. Peter Dickinson is a British composer, writer and pianist and authorand editor of books on Lennox Berkeley, Copland, Cage, Barber and Berners.or all ages. Also included is the 2005 Royal Philharmonic Society by the Master of the Queen''s Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies; an assessment from Bernarr Rainbow himself, written late in his life; an indictment from Wilfrid Mellers; and two reviews of Bernarr Rainbow on Music: Memoirs and Selected Writings, showing the continuing importance of his work fifteen years after his death. This book is part of the series Classic Texts in Music Education, edited by Professor Peter Dickinson, and supported by the Bernarr Rainbow Trust. Peter Dickinson is a British composer, writer and pianist and authorand editor of books on Lennox Berkeley, Copland, Cage, Barber and Berners.or all ages. Also included is the 2005 Royal Philharmonic Society by the Master of the Queen''s Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies; an assessment from Bernarr Rainbow himself, written late in his life; an indictment from Wilfrid Mellers; and two reviews of Bernarr Rainbow on Music: Memoirs and Selected Writings, showing the continuing importance of his work fifteen years after his death. This book is part of the series Classic Texts in Music Education, edited by Professor Peter Dickinson, and supported by the Bernarr Rainbow Trust. Peter Dickinson is a British composer, writer and pianist and authorand editor of books on Lennox Berkeley, Copland, Cage, Barber and Berners.or all ages. Also included is the 2005 Royal Philharmonic Society by the Master of the Queen''s Music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies; an assessment from Bernarr Rainbow himself, written late in his life; an indictment from Wilfrid Mellers; and two reviews of Bernarr Rainbow on Music: Memoirs and Selected Writings, showing the continuing importance of his work fifteen years after his death. This book is part of the series Classic Texts in Music Education, edited by Professor Peter Dickinson, and supported by the Bernarr Rainbow Trust. Peter Dickinson is a British composer, writer and pianist and authorand editor of books on Lennox Berkeley, Copland, Cage, Barber and Berners.his work fifteen years after his death. This book is part of the series Classic Texts in Music Education, edited by Professor Peter Dickinson, and supported by the Bernarr Rainbow Trust. Peter Dickinson is a British composer, writer and pianist and authorand editor of books on Lennox Berkeley, Copland, Cage, Barber and Berners.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction and Acknowledgements (p. vii)
• Bernarr Rainbow: A Biographical Note (p. xiii)
• Part I Five Bernarr Rainbow Lectures
• 1999 Music and the Imagination (p. 3)
• 2000 Music and Education: Towards a Non-Philistine Society (p. 19)
• 2001 Music in the School Curriculum: Why Bother? (p. 37)
• 2004 A Provocative Perspective on Music Education Today (p. 57)
• 2010 Two-Score Years and Then? Reflections and Progressions from a Life in Participatory Music and Arts (p. 79)
• Part II The 2005 Royal Philharmonic Society Lecture
• Will Serious Music Become Extinct? (p. 99)
• Part III A 2013 Perspective
• What Happened to the Music? (p. 117)
• Part IV Three Views on Music Education
• Music Education, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (p. 129)
• Keeping Music Musical (p. 139)
• Music: The Breath of Life (p. 145)
• Part V Two Reviews of Bernarr Rainbow on Music
• The Wrong Title? (p. 153)
• An American Perspective (p. 161)
• Appendices
• Classic Texts in Music Education (p. 167)
• Awards Made by The Bernarr Rainbow Trust, 1997-2012 (p. 173)
• Index (p. 179)