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A Philosophy of Music Education
Published in Paperback by Prentice Hall (1970)
Author: Bennett Reimer
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3rd Edition, Same old stuff
Reimer wants his readers to think he's done something important by putting his tired, old ideas into new words (here and there) and using a new cover. Only his rabid followers will agree. This is the same old stuff that Reimer has always tried to sell and it fails for the same basic reasons: Reimer does not have -- Reimer never had -- a plausible explanation of the nature and value of music. Reimer is obvioulsy desperate -- he's running very hard -- to save his legacy in this "third" book (the same book x 3!). But he cannot. He fails, again, because a new generation of music education philosophers -- Bowman, Jorgensen, Elliott, Regelski -- has already exposed Reimer's poor thinking, weak scholarship, and faulty logic in the past. This "third" edition is full of the same old problems.

A poor book
This book is poor. It 's not "philosophical" in any sense because it's not logical and it's not supported by the majority of music scholars today. Reimer contradicts himself at every turn; he doesn't understand what Langer is really saying; and. his absolutist notion of music is completely out of synch with what most scholars argue about music today. Reimer just mouths a lot of fluffy, feel-good nonsense.

Words, words, and more words...
The man has interesting viewpoints, but these are all overshadowed by the overwhelming verbage. He can explain these principles in fewer paragraphs without missing out on anything. Instead, he opts to confuse readers by using too many words and by beating around the bush. I'd rather read something else if this weren't a required text.


Listening for the Experience of Music/Albums
Published in Hardcover by Prentice Hall College Div (1985)
Author: Bennett Reimer
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Don't Use this Book
This book promotes a listening-for-elements ONLY approach. Philosophically, the basis of this book is bankrupt. Practically, it's like teaching doctors that the only feature they should look at in their patients is their bone structure -- necessary, but completely insufficient!


The Arts, Education, and Aesthetic Knowing: Ninety-First Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II
Published in Hardcover by University of Chicago Press (1992)
Authors: Bennett Reimer and Ralph A. Smith
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Developing the Experience of Music
Published in Paperback by Prentice Hall College Div (1985)
Author: Bennett Reimer
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The Experience of Music
Published in Paperback by Prentice Hall (1973)
Authors: Bennett Reimer and Edward Evans
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On the Nature of Musical Experience
Published in Hardcover by University Press of Colorado (1992)
Authors: Bennett Reimer and Jeffrey E. Wright
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Performing With Understanding: The Challenge of the National Standards for Music Education
Published in Paperback by Music Educators National Conference (2000)
Authors: Bennett Reimer and the National Association for Music Education (U.S.) Menc
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The Reimer Gordon Debate on Music Learning
Published in Audio Cassette by Music Educators National Conference (1994)
Author: Bennett Feimer
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World Musics and Music Education: Facing the Issues
Published in Paperback by Music Educators National Conference (2002)
Authors: Bennett Reimer, the National Association for Music Education (U.S.) Menc, and E. J. Hobsbawm
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