--- dhbailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd leave the assessment of "good" and "bad" to > the students and > > instead try to teach something that's > representative of what happened > > musically during the historical period in > question. > > > > > I agree -- but it's hard to find a textbook to teach > with which has a > listening collection which would fit such a > fair-representation delivery. >
The best classes I ever had didn't have a text with a listening collection: the teachers put lists of music, including multiple performances of some pieces, on reserve at the library and brought in stacks of CDs & scores to class. When we had a book+CD set in second year, many of the students memorized specific performances, and several of us noticed that we just needed to recognize the distinctive sound of 3 different pianos rather than actually learning the whole pieces for a listening test. (Overworked students will usually take advantage of any shortcuts!) -- Io la Musica son, ch'ai dolci accenti So far tranquillo ogni turbato core, Et or di nobil ira et or d'amore Poss'infiammar le più gelate menti. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
