Elizabeth Burgess Taylor

Mus 520: Introduction to Music Research

Dr. Steel

December 6, 2010

Annotated Bibliography

EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND MUSIC

1. Jones, Elizabeth. What is Music For Young Children? Washington, D.C.: National Association

for the Education of Young Children, 1958.

A helpful guide about using the curiosity of children to create a positive musical
environment with hands-on activities.

2. Slind, Lloyd H. and D. Evan Davis. Bringing Music To Children. New York: Harper & Row,

1964.

A very helpful book full of hints to help teachers teach young children with exciting new
ideas. Lots of musical examples, hints on different aspects of teaching. Has a section on
how to select and arrange vocal music, using different instruments, rhythms, etc.

3. Nash, Grace. Creative Approaches to Child Development with Music, Language, and
Movement. New York: Alfred Publishing Company, 1974.

A book incorporating the philosophies and techniques of Orff, Kodaly, and Laban. In this
book, singing, movement, and playing instruments is included to establish an
understanding and love for music in young children.

4. Sheehy, Emma D. Children Discover Music and Dance. New York: Teachers College Press,
1977.

A book about the natural response to rhythm and sound among children. Includes
information on the creativity the teacher can build on with different experiences. Written
by an author who offers suggestions on her own classroom experiences including singing,
instrumental music, dance, records, radio, television, and concerts.
5. Bayless, Kathleen M. and Marjorie E. Ramsey. Music: A Way of Life for the Young Child.
Saint Louis: The C.V. Mosby Company, 1978.

An informative book about the stages of infants to young children and their list of
average functions at each stage of life. Includes games and music for each appropriate
age group.

6. Haines, B. Joan E and Linda L. Gerber. Leading Young Children to Music. Columbus, Ohio:
Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, 1980.

Spiral-bound book with writings of musical experiences with children in an educational

setting. Includes music and music-related activities for toddlers through eight-year-olds.

7. Boswell, Jacquelyn ed. The Young Child and Music: Contemporary Principles in Child
Development and Music Education. Reston, Virginia: Music Educators National
Conference, 1985.

Includes keynote addresses about relevant early childhood music , reports by research
teams, workshop synopses, and abstracts of research sessions.

8. Deliège, Irène and John Sloboda. Musical Beginnings: Origins and Development of Musical
Competence. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Provides a model that describes the vocal and musical development of children that starts
at the fetal stage and ends at grade school.

9. Perret, Peter and Janet Fox. A Well-Tempered MIND: Using Music to Help Children Listen
and Learn. New York: Dana Press, 2004.

Provides a model through a true story about turning an at-risk school around into a
blooming music program.

10. Neely, Linda. Musical ConverSings with Children. New York: Nova Science Publishers,
Inc., 2007.

Provides stories and studies from various contexts involving children learning music in
different environments.

12. Ockelford, Adam. Music for Children and Young People with Special Needs. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2008.

Provides information on teaching children with special needs. Identifies issues, discusses
research, and provides practical advice.

RESOURCES/GUIDES FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS

11. Aitken, Geraldine L. Music Before Lessons Begin. New York: Carl Fischer, 1931.

Book of helpful tips, games, and music. Includes some scores of songs to teach children.

12. Wilson, M Emett. How to help your child with music. New York: Henry Schuman, Inc.,
1951.

A book about helping your child stick with music without getting discouraged. Helpful to
both teachers and parents. It would be a good book to assign a few chapters for parents of
students to read. It covers playing by ear, practicing, the choice of instrument, the choice
of teacher, parent/teacher relationship, and more.

13. Nye, Vernice. Music for Young Children. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Company
Publishers, 1975.

A book that describes music for young children ages three to five and introduces methods
for school and home.

14. Greenburg, Marvin. Your Children Need Music: A Guide for Parents and Teachers of Young
Children. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1979.

A good book to assign parents to read to increase their awareness of the importance of
music with development. This book is also a great guide for teachers.

15. Andress, Barbara ed. Promising Practices: Prekindergarten Music Education. Reston,
Virginia: Music Educators National Conference, 1989.

A book about how to start, maintain, and improve creative music programs in University-
based early childhood music programs, commercial programs, and public school
programs.

16. McDonald, Dorothy T. and Gene M. Simons. Musical Growth and Development: Birth
Through Six. New Work: Shirmer Books, 1989.

Book about the history of early childhood development, philosophies, different methods,
materials for instruction, teacher skills, activity ideas, and more.

17. Newman, Grant. Teaching Children Music. Madison, WI: Wm. C Brown Communications,
Inc., 1995.

A comprehensive handbook on teaching a general music class for children. Includes

music, instructions, music history, lesson plan ideas, etc.

18. Regelski, Thomas A. and J. Terry Gates, ed. Music Education for Changing Times. Brocton,
NY: Springer, 2009.
 A book about the issues of teaching music today with changing times. Main topic is the
practice of teaching music and the collective range of practices.

RESEARCH SPECIFIC: “EFFECTS OF MUSIC”

19. Arnoff, Frances Webber.  Guiding Cognitive and Affective Learning in Pre-Kindergarten
Music. Educat.D. diss., 1968. Columbia University, In Dissertations & Theses: A&I
[database on-line]; available from http://www.proquest.com (publication number AAT
6811122; accessed December 4, 2010).

A pragmatic guide to planning pre-kindergarten music experiences. Includes a checklist

of musical concepts, a vocabulary of young children’s body movement, and an inventory
of discoveries about classroom instruments as well as suggestions for games, movement
inventions, and approaches to composition. Examples of experiences with pre-
kindergarten children are also included (Simons 29).

20. Gutheil, Emil A. Music & Your Emotions. New York: Liveright, 1970.

A book chronicling a set of studies on an individual’s emotions with music. The

experiments showed that both the mentally ill and stable people became happier and
calmer with music treatments. Charts and explanations of both complex and simple
questions are included.

21. Simmons, Gene. Early Childhood Musical Development: A Bibliography of Research

Abstracts 1960-1975 with Implications and Recommendations for Teaching and
Research. Reston, Virginia: Music Educators National Conference, 1978.

Data of a wide range of published research from 1960-1975 dealing with music with
infants and young children.

22. Rainbow, Edward L. and Hildegard C. Froehlich. Research in Music Education: An

Introduction to Systematic Inquiry. New York: Schirmer Books, 1987.

This book is in a textbook format, and is a guide on how to research music education. It
includes information about how to research for something like this project.

23. McClellan, Randall. The Healing Forces of MUSIC: History, Theory and Practice. Warwick,

NY: Amity House, Inc., 1988.

 A book about the body reacts to music. Includes physics of music information,
brainwaves, emotional and mental bodies, therapy, meditating, and other concepts. Has
some information on children and the effects of music also.

24. Shaw, Gordon L. Keeping Mozart in Mind. San Diego: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004.

An interesting study on how music enhances spatial-temporal reasoning. Information

about human and animal reactions to tests, brain function, and scientific and educational
results from research. Includes the CD of Mozart sonata for Two Pianos in D Major that
was used in the study.

25. Brophy, Timothy S. ed. Research Perspectives in Music Education. Tallahassee, FL: Florida
Music Educators’ Association, 2006.

Research abstracts and articles from several different scholars.

26. Cassidy, J. W., & Standley, J. M. The effect of music listening on physiological responses of
premature infants in the NICU. Journal of Music Therapy 32 (2009), 208-227.

A helpful study to read to understand more about infants and how they reacted to music
in the NICU.

CONTINUING THE EDUCATION: SECONDARY MUSIC EDUCATION AND BEYOND

27. Paynter, John. Music in the Secondary School Curriculum: Trends and developments in class

music teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

A book that introduces an approach to music which reaches, involves, and enthuses all
students. Contains an extensive bibliography that would be an interest to music educators.

THE SUZUKI METHOD

28. Starr, William. The Suzuki Violinist. Miami: Summy-Birchard Inc., 1976.

Guide for Suzuki teachers with lots of teaching tips from Suzuki, interviews, photos, and
examples.

29. Suzuki, Shinichi. Ability Development from Age Zero. Miami: Summy-Birchard, Inc., 1969.

A book about Suzuki’s philosophy of early childhood development and the role music
has in that development from age zero.

30. Suzuki, Shinichi. Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education. Miami:
Summy-Birchard, Inc., 1983.
 Although this book is technically Suzuki’s autobiography, most of the book concentrates
on his method and all it entails.

31. Starr, William and Constance Starr. To Learn With Love. Miami: Summy-Birchard, Inc.,
1989.

A book for Suzuki parents. This book is great to assign parents of perspective students to
look at. It also has great information for beginning teachers especially, to understand the
role of the parent better.

THE ORFF METHOD

32. Frazee, Jane and Kent Kreuter. Discovering Orff: A Curriculum for Music Teachers. New
York: Schott Music Corporation, 1987.

A guide for Orff teachers. Includes lesson plans, examples, and gives points on why to
use the Orff method in classrooms.

33. Goodkin, Doug. Play, Sing & Dance: An Introduction to Orff Schulwerk. New York: Schott
Music Corporation, 2002.

An overview on the Orff method, helpful general classroom tips even for early childhood
music teachers using different methods.