Table of Contents

1 Introduction
2 Musical meaning
3 The dialectics of musical meaning and experience
4 Musical meaning and experience in the classroom
5 Popular music, meaning and practice in the classroom
6 Informal learning practices in the music classroom: some current research
7 Classical music: the litmus test
8 The pop/classical split: meaning, autonomy and authenticity in the music classroom

About the Author

Lucy Green is Professor of Music Education at the Institute of Education, University of London.