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Barrett, Margaret – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2002
In this essay, the author describes her view of the concept of the aesthetic in music education as "essentially contested" and subject to reinterpretation. She attempts to expand "traditional" notions of the aesthetic in music education beyond a view of the aesthetic transaction as "passive," focused on audience-listening for traditional…
Descriptors: Music Education, Aesthetics, Aesthetic Education, Context Effect

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