The Changing Curriculum: The "Music Theory" Teacher and the "Elements of Music"

01 October 1972 We are all aware of the many factors confronting the teacher of the so-called "rudiments" of music. Some of these include: size and previous experience of the class, choice of text or omission of text, scope of the class and level of achievement...

And Now We Begin—A Survey of Recent Theory Texts

01 October 1973 The 1960s were a time for reexamination of the aims, contents and methods of college courses designed to teach music theory, and, as a corollary, of the texts intended for those courses. Several factors contributed to the creation of a "crisis in the...