Democracy and Music Education: Liberalism, Ethics, and the Politics of Practice

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DEMOCRACY AND MUSIC EDUCATION COUNTERPOINTS: MUSIC AND EDUCATION Estelle R. Jorgensen, Editor Democracy and Music Education Liberalism, Ethics, and the Politics of Practice Paul G. Woodford INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu C  2005 by Paul G. Woodford All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Woodford, Paul, date Democracy and music education : liberalism, ethics, and the politics of practice/Paul G. Woodford. p. cm.—(Counterpoints : music and education) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-34516-2 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 0-253-21739-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. School music—Instruction and study—Social aspects. 2. Education—Philosophy. I. Title. II. Counterpoints (Bloomington, Ind.) MT1.W89 2005 780. 71 073—dc22 2004010949 1 2 3 4 5 10 09 08 07 06 05 I Hear America Singing I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong, The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work, The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck, The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands, The woodcutter’s song, the ploughboy’s on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission, or at sundown, The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing, Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else, The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs. —Walt Whitman Let us admit the case of the conservative: if we once start thinking no one can guarantee where we shall come out, except that many objects, ends and institutions are doomed. Every thinker puts some portion of an apparently stable world in peril and no one can wholly predict what will emerge in its place. —John Dewey ...