Music Librarian
New and Notable Music Education Books
Where can you find music education books
Music education books can be found in the Music Library or can be requested through library delivery services.
One fact to note is that music books are generally categorized in three forms:
1) M - stands for music scores
2) ML- stands for music literature
3) MT- stands for music teaching
All of the M's and a few MT's can be found in the Music Library located at the basement of the Music Building.
Most of the MT's and all the ML's are in on-campus storage (items are available via library delivery services)
Kindly search the JMU catalog to know where to find the book of your choice.
Search for books here
- JMU Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowFind journals, books, ebooks, films, sound recordings, and government documents available to JMU users.
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Interlibrary loan (ILL)
- Interlibrary loans (ILL)You can borrow books and journals that are not in the JMU Catalog or databases and pick them up at the Library.
Music Education Handbooks
- The Oxford handbook of music education (Volume 1 and 2)"The Oxford Handbook of Music Education, which comprises of two volumes, offers an overview of the many facets of musical experience, behavior, and development in relation to this diverse variety of contexts."
- The Oxford handbook of technology and music education"The Oxford Handbook of Technology and Music Education critically situates technology in relation to music education from a variety of perspectives."
- The Oxford handbook of social justice in music education"The Oxford Handbook of Social Justice in Music Education provides a comprehensive overview and scholarly analyses of the major themes and issues relating to social justice in musical and educational practice worldwide."
- The Oxford handbook of qualitative research in American music education"The Handbook of Qualitative Research in American Music Education is a resource for music education researchers, music education graduate students, and P-16 music teachers."
- The Oxford handbook of philosophy in music education"The Oxford handbook of philosophy in music education has drawn together a variety of philosophical perspectives from the profession's most exciting scholars."
- The Oxford Handbook of Music Making and Leisure"The Oxford Handbook of Music Making and Leisure present myriad ways for reconsidering and refocusing attention back on the rich, exciting, and emotionally charged ways in which people of all ages make time for making music."
- Handbook of research on music teaching and learning"Featuring chapters by the world's foremost scholars in music education and cognition, this handbook is a convenient collection of current research on music teaching and learning."
- The Oxford handbook of music psychologyThe Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in this fast-growing area of research.
- The child as musician: A handbook of musical developmentThe Child as Musician is an authoritative and comprehensive handbook of musical development from conception to late adolescence.
- The Oxford handbook of music and disability studiesThe essays in this volume share a theoretical and methodological connection to Disability Studies, especially its central idea that disability is a social and cultural construction.
- The Routledge research companion to popular music educationAt present, research in Popular Music Education lies at the fringes of the fields of music education, ethnomusicology, community music, cultural studies and popular music studies.