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Rewinding the Film

108. Back to School

Posted on May 7, 2024 by David Whitwell

The four years I was in the Air Force Band were also the four years that I was a student at the Catholic University of America, although for the purpose of thes...

Rewinding the Film

109. The University of Montana

Posted on May 8, 2024 by David Whitwell

During my fourth year in the Air Force and at Catholic University, along with finishing the dissertation and everything else, there remained the problem of find...

Rewinding the Film

110. Ormandy as I Knew Him

Posted on May 12, 2024 by David Whitwell

During the Spring of 1967 I made the decision to resign from the University of Montana in order to explore orchestral conducting. Actually I had at this time an...

Rewinding the Film

111. Residence in Vienna, 1968–1969

Posted on May 14, 2024 by David Whitwell

During the Spring of 1967–1968 when I was attending all the rehearsals of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel came as a guest conductor for six weeks. He w...

The Missing Link

Preface

Posted on October 16, 2024 by David Whitwell

I believe it can be said that a consensus of philosophers for more than 2,000 years has defined Music as being a special language for communicating feelings and...

The Missing Link

Chapter 1

Posted on October 16, 2024 by David Whitwell

Why does the “Missing Link” in Music Education exist? In the education of children’s literacy, the first stage we teach is the alphabet, the individual letters ...

The Missing Link

Chapter 2

Posted on October 17, 2024 by David Whitwell

The Appearance of Music in Early Man Since the bicameral nature is found in so many early life forms, we cannot help but wonder when and in what form Music firs...

The Missing Link

Chapter 3

Posted on October 17, 2024 by David Whitwell

The Shift to Finding Emotional Meaning in Performance It was during the Renaissance that composers and performers began to understand that the higher purpose of...

The Missing Link

Chapter 4

Posted on October 17, 2024 by David Whitwell

Where exactly is Emotion found in Music? The immediate answer to this question is: in the Melody, something which is clearly evident in all music from the most ...

The Missing Link

Chapter 5

Posted on October 17, 2024 by David Whitwell

Toward a new Philosophy of Music Education Along with the return to the emphasis of performance there appeared in the nineteenth century the earliest music scho...

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