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Old 11-01-2012, 15:18
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Hello,

I am asking if music history is an important subject as part of a music course in education.

This is for a research project, every answer helps
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Old 11-01-2012, 15:39
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A type of music in particular?
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Old 11-01-2012, 15:48
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Any type of music???
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Old 11-01-2012, 15:54
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Yep any type of music.
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Old 11-01-2012, 15:58
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Yep any type of music.
Any certain points you need to include? i.e. Mozart, Bach and The Romantic era
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Old 11-01-2012, 16:01
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If you're studying music then probably, but I don't really see what good learning about it will do if it's just for general knowledge, because it will just be that- general knowledge.
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Old 11-01-2012, 16:13
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yes.... from the classics to the evolution of modern pop, music is culture, culture is what defines us, even pop, which over the last 60 years has defined each generation.
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Old 11-01-2012, 17:30
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Yes but there should be a choice of which type of music history you actually study. When I did it at school we would learn about classical musicians from hundreds of years ago and try and create our own pieces of music, it was ridiculous! The rest of the time we were left watching musicals on dvds.

I think in todays era people should learn about revolutions of the music scene, people who carved and moulded what we listen to today. How the times changed and the music with it, what was influencial who was influencial the reasonings behind it.

Knowing about Mozart and Beethoven is alright for some but it's very boring. If people chose to study those people then they should be welcomed to it, I just don't agree with music history ignoring the relevant figures of today and the history behind that.
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Old 11-01-2012, 17:36
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Yes but there should be a choice of which type of music history you actually study. When I did it at school we would learn about classical musicians from hundreds of years ago and try and create our own pieces of music, it was ridiculous! The rest of the time we were left watching musicals on dvds.

I think in todays era people should learn about revolutions of the music scene, people who carved and moulded what we listen to today. How the times changed and the music with it, what was influencial who was influencial the reasonings behind it.

Knowing about Mozart and Beethoven is alright for some but it's very boring. If people chose to study those people then they should be welcomed to it, I just don't agree with music history ignoring the relevant figures of today and the history behind that.
So true! I do GCSE Music at the moment and I hate it

We only do about The Classical and Baroque periods, we did a bit on musicals but that's it, I really wanted to do more modern music, haven't we lived in a music revolution since the 60's?
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Old 11-01-2012, 20:14
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So true! I do GCSE Music at the moment and I hate it

We only do about The Classical and Baroque periods, we did a bit on musicals but that's it, I really wanted to do more modern music, haven't we lived in a music revolution since the 60's?
Im doing GCSE music too!!!!

We've just finshed on dance music, so waltz, tango, american line dance, bhangra and club music so we did do a bit on modern music.
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Old 11-01-2012, 20:34
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Classical music might not be relevant to some people, but to many it really is! I went to music college and am a musician now and i think there's so much to learn from classical music history - but so many younger people think its boring! I never understood why, my first thought is because people just don't have a long enough attention span at the moment... I could be wrong though!
I love some pop music too, but its so repetitive and easy listening. That's what I love about classical music, you have to figure things out for yourself and each listen can mean a totally different interpretation.
Anyway yes if you're doing a music degree then music history is vitally important - you have to know where things came from, how they've progressed and influenced what's written today. That can be said for pop music too - i know that pop music as we have it stemmed from classical music as well as other genres too of course....
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Old 11-01-2012, 21:21
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Absolutely! Music is part of culture and tradition going right back into pre-historic times. It is part of what makes us human beings.
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Old 11-01-2012, 21:26
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I do GCSE Music at school and I'm currently finishing off the rest of my coursework.

The theory we did was on Popular Music Culture and Conventions and we learnt how rock and roll, jazz, blues and R&B defined music today and things like that..

was very interesting
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Old 11-01-2012, 21:40
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When I did music in school (ten years ago !!) we had to study the Beatles St Pepper including the recording techniques used and stuff like that.

Not exactly modern but a start
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Old 11-01-2012, 23:02
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It's not vital but it should definitely be taught, especially how it all started with the slaves singing, then being taken into church and turned into gospel music.
They should also be taught about chart history:
Rock Around The Clock being the first Rock N Roll number one. The story of The Beatles, Ect.
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Old 12-01-2012, 01:59
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http://www.ukti.gov.uk/export/sector...dia/music.html

Music
UK music is a distinctive international brand – hard to define precisely, but with an unmistakable energy and authenticity.

Every region in the UK has generated, and continues to produce, world-class music talent in every genre – from classical and jazz, to pop and rock.

Such talent represents a highly valuable and exportable economic asset for the UK, which, in volume terms, has the second-largest music market in Europe and the fourth-largest in the world. UK music exports, a major influence on the world’s music tastes and trends, are worth some US$2 billion each year. In 2010, the UK strengthened its position as a net exporter of music, growing its trade balance three times faster than the US.

Music history and particularly POP Music history should be COMPULSORY as it is one of the UKs major strengths!
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Old 12-01-2012, 08:39
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[Music history and particularly POP Music history should be COMPULSORY as it is one of the UKs major strengths!
absolutely!
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