In presenting this survey of the rich terrain of American popular music during the rock era, we hope to have created a book capable of serving a number of purposes. It may be used as a text for introductory college-level courses, obviously, as it assumes a mature and literate reader but not one who necessarily has any specific background in music or in this particular area of musical study.

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As Gary Spruce puts it himself: if this book were to have a subtitle it would be 'Ways of Thinking About Music'. Our conception of what music is is a crucial factor in defining what we consider important subject knowledge to be, and by implication affects how we design our curriculum, what we teach and the way we teach it. Through this reader, student teachers and practicing teachers will be introduced to the big issues and ideas abounding in music teaching today.

The Violin and Viola by Yehudi Menuhin and William Primrose is an extraordinary lucid and practical guide to two of the world's most beautiful instruments by two absolute masters. Here the legendary Menuhin presents the reader with profound insights from a lifetime's experience with every aspect of the violin: the relationship between the violin and the violinist, physical and mental preparation for playing (including Mr. Menuhin's own Yogic exercises, practicing, and technique.