J. SNODGRASS, Teaching Music Theory: New Voices and Approaches

Abstract

The book by Jennifer Snodgrass reviewed here focuses on the teaching of music theory at the first stage of the university education of American students who choose the path of advanced musical studies. From a pedagogical-didactic point of view, the discipline that forms the object of investigation in the book is the version of it practiced in the Anglo-Saxon educational context, more specifically in North America, and is composed of two areas: music theory and the development of listening skills. This review briefly addresses the topics dealt with in Snodgrass’ book, trying to highlight the main argumentative nodes of the volume, and paying critical attention especially to the theoretical roots of the scientific reflections developed by the author, and to the methodology of the fieldwork she conducted, and describes, in this monograph.