The role of ISME in the promotion of multicultural music education, 1953-96

Abstract

This paper is the third in a sequence of studies that address the history of internationalism in music education, the first and second papers presented at ISME Conferences in Seoul (1992) and Tampa (1994). The study focuses on the role that ISME played in promoting the cultural dimensions of music in education, and in including diverse musical practices in the curriculum across cultures. Evidence is gathered from ISME archival materials housed at the University of Maryland at College Park – presidential papers, policy statements, journals, yearbooks, conference proceedings, to name some sources. This study provides an international context for furthering dialogue on world musics in education.