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The Role of Music in a Balanced Arts Curriculum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Extract

Music has a role to play in Arts Education. This role remains largely underdeveloped. The selection of music and art as foundation subjects in the National Curriculum is divisive and fails to comprehend the fundamental concepts of arts education.

This paper recognises the characteristics that are both common and distinctive between music and the arts, and reminds us of the historical factors which often prevent collaborative curriculum planning. It examines both the models and the language of collaboration, and recommends a management structure placed firmly within a single cohesive policy for the arts.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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