A History of Music Education in the United States by James A. Keene. New England: University Press, 1982, 1987. $21.50 (£13), 396 pp.

1988 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-315
Author(s):  
Bernarr Rainbow
1982 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
George N. Heller ◽  
James A. Keene

2009 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eran Shalev

Between the United States' declaration of independence and the country's attempt to construct a federal Constitution, a group of New England ministers proclaimed Israel's biblical history an exemplum for their republican and federal aspirations. Tracing this unique interpretive discourse, the essay underscores the importance of political Hebraism to the intellectual history of the early United States.


2020 ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Francis J. Bremer

This book makes a series of arguments that challenge the standard interpretation of the Pilgrim story and the influence of Plymouth on the colonization of New England and the history of the United States. Those who are commonly referred to as Pilgrims are presented as members of the broader English puritan movement. Lay leadership such as that of William Brewster was central to the forming and conduct of congregational churches. These believers recognized that “further light” might always provide further insight into God’s designs. And Plymouth’s role in shaping the religious and cultural institutions of Massachusetts were more significant than previously realized.


2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-445
Author(s):  
FELIX LÜTTGE

AbstractThis paper investigates the history of a discursive figure that one could call the intelligent whaler. I argue that this figure's success was made possible by the construal and public distribution of whaling intelligence in an important currency of science – facts – in the preparatory phase for the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842). The strongest case for the necessity of the enterprise was New England whalers who were said to cruise uncharted parts of the oceans and whose discoveries of uncharted islands were reported in the local press. The document that stood at the core of the lobbying for an expedition was a table that newspaperman and public lecturer Jeremiah Reynolds had compiled after interviewing whaling captains in the country's principal whaling ports. Presenting whalers’ experience in tabular and synoptic form, Reynolds's table helped forge the figure of the ‘intelligent whaler’, a mariner who had better geographical knowledge than other seafarers. By investigating the paper technologies that produced the ‘intelligent whaler’, this paper shows how Reynolds's translation of ‘whaling intelligence’ from news into facts marks the beginning of the intelligent whaler's long career in US-American debates about expansionism, exploration and science.


Genealogy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Ashley (Woody) Doane

In this article, I use the lens of critical family history—and the history of the Doane family—to undertake an analysis of Anglo-American settler colonialism in the New England region of the United States. My standpoint in writing this narrative is as a twelfth-generation descendant of Deacon John Doane, who arrived in Plymouth Colony circa 1630 and whose family history is intertwined with issues of settler colonial conquest and dispossession, enslavement, erasure, and the creation of myths of origin and possession. This analysis is also grounded in the larger contexts of the history of New England and the history of the United States. I conclude with a reflection upon the implications of settler colonial myths and historical erasure for current racial politics in the United States.


Author(s):  
Anthony Di Mascio

AbstractBy examining the emergence of academies along the borderland of the United States and the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada in the nineteenth century, this study highlights American influences and innovations that contributed to the development of schooling in the region. When American settlers arrived in the wake of the American Revolution, they began to re-establish the familiar social and cultural institutions that they had left behind in the Thirteen Colonies. Among those institutions were academies based on the New England model. Academies in the Eastern Townships emulated the culture of New England academies in four major ways: organizational structure; curriculum; the use of American books; and, reliance on American teachers. This study argues that by examining American influences on education, we may better situate the history of Quebec education in its continental context, and may better understand the trends that have shaped the common experience of schooling on both sides of the border.RésuméL’étude de l’émergence des « académies » au début du XIXe siècle dans la région frontalière entre les États-Unis et les Cantons de l’Est du Bas-Canada met en lumière les influences et les innovations américaines qui contribuèrent au développement de l’éducation dans cette région. Lorsque les colons américains arrivèrent dans la foulée de la révolution américaine, ils commencèrent par établir des institutions culturelles et sociales comme celles laissées derrière dans les Treize colonies. Parmi celles-ci, on retrouve les académies calquées sur le modèle de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Dans les Cantons de l’Est, ces institutions ont adopté quatre caractéristiques principales des académies américaines : la structure organisationnelle, le programme scolaire, l’emploi des mêmes livres et le recrutement d’enseignants américains. L’auteur soutient qu’en examinant les influences américaines en éducation, nous pourrions découvrir le contexte continental de l’histoire de l’éducation bas-canadienne et comprendre davantage les tendances qui ont façonné l’expérience commune de l’éducation des deux côtés de la frontière.


2018 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Torchon

One of the most distinctive musical genres that originated in Cuba over the past century is cha-cha-chá, which is attributed to Enrique Jorrín during the 1950s. The popularity of this music has grown considerably since its genesis, as evidenced by the vast array of repertoire, the multitude of bands performing it, and its prevalence in popular culture. This article explores the history of cha-cha-chá, its musical elements, Enrique Jorrín’s influence on the creation and performance of the genre, and the importance of cha-cha-chá in music education in the United States. Due to its musical significance and social impact, it is important to understand cha-cha-chá’s place in modern Cuba, how it has been preserved over time, and how it can be taught in music classrooms at all levels.


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