This book explores the musical interest and needs of children in their daily lives. Based upon their expressed thoughts and actual "musicking" behaviors, this t

Songs in Their Heads is a vivid and engaging book that bridges the disciplines of music education, ethnomusicology, and folklore. This revised and expanded edit

Children are inherently musical. They respond to music and learn through music. Music expresses children's identity and heritage, teaches them to belong to a cu

Seventeen authors, whose work represents the best of contemporary research and theory on a constellation of issues concerning the role of the arts in children's

Keith Swanwick explores the psychological and sociological dimensions of musical experience and the implications of these for children's development and music e