The Musical Playground : Global Tradition and Change in Children's Songs and Games.

Kathryn. Marsh
Bok · Engelsk · 2009 · Electronic books.

Omfang	1 online resource (526 pages)
Opplysninger	Intro -- Contents -- SECTION I: CHILDREN'S MUSICAL PLAY AND CREATIVITY: ADULT VIEWS -- 1 Conceptions of Children's Musical Play -- 2 Children's Musical Creativity and Oral Transmission -- SECTION II: INTO THE FIELD -- 3 Investigating Musical Play: Ethics and Pragmatics -- 4 The Playing Fields -- SECTION III: TRANSMISSION PROCESSES IN THE PLAYGROUND -- 5 The Influence of Social Grouping -- 6 Teaching and Learning in the Playground -- 7 Changing the Tradition -- SECTION IV: COMPOSITION IN PERFORMANCE -- 8 Composition in the Playground -- 9 Variations on a Theme: "Sar Macka Dora" -- 10 Style and Cultural Idiosyncrasy in Musical Play -- SECTION V: CONCLUSIONS AND PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS -- 11 Conclusions and Pedagogical Implications -- Appendix 1 Index of Playground Singing Game Genres from International Field Sites, 1990-2004 -- Appendix 2 Transcription Methods and Notation and Documentation Conventions -- Appendix 3 Text Variants of the "Sar Macka Dora" Game Genre -- Appendix 4 Selected Musical Transcriptions of Games -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Appendix 5 Transcriptions of Selected Norwegian Games -- Appendix 6 Transcriptions of Selected U.K. Games -- Appendix 7 Transcriptions of Selected U.S.A. Games -- Appendix 8 Transcriptions of Selected Korean Games -- Appendix 9 Transcriptions of Selected Australian Games -- Appendix 10 Additional Transcriptions.. - The Musical Playground is a new and fascinating account of the musical play of school-aged children. Based on fifteen years of ethnomusicological field research in urban and rural school playgrounds around the globe, Kathryn Marsh provides unique insights into children's musical playground activities across a comprehensive scope of social, cultural, and national contexts.
Emner	Games with music -- Analysis, appreciation. Musical ability in children.
Sjanger	Electronic books.
Dewey	796.13
ISBN	9780199718924
ISBN(galt)	9780195308976