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Author:   Geoffrey Baker (Reader in Musicology, Reader in Musicology, Royal Holloway University of London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780199341559

ISBN 10:   0199341559
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   27 November 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART ONE: The Institution and Its Leaders 1. El Maestro: José Antonio Abreu 2. Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra 3. Organizational Features and Dynamics 4. Demographics and Development PART TWO: Music Education 5. The Orchestra in Theory and Practice 6. Learning and Teaching in El Sistema PART THREE: Social Education 7. Social Action Through Music 8. Social Inclusion and Discipline 9. Democracy, Teamwork, Competition, and Meritocracy 10. Realities, Dreams, and Revolutions PART FOUR: Impact 11. The Politics and Economics of Impact 12. Impact on Venezuelan Cultural Life 13. Advances, Alternatives, and the Future Notes Bibliography Index Bibliography

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El Sistema is a social action tool aimed at facilitating occupational, pedagogical, social, and ethical salvation of children and young people through the instruction and collective practice of music. Recommended. --Choice

Geoffrey Baker has done real service to all of us who think about issues of music education, and indeed of education, far beyond the ES project. Felicity Laurence, Music and Letters

Author Information

Geoffrey Baker is a Reader in the Music Department at Royal Holloway, University of London. His books include Imposing Harmony: Music and Society in Colonial Cuzco (2008), which won the American Musicological Society's Robert Stevenson Award, and Buena Vista in the Club: Rap, Reggaetón, and Revolution in Havana (2011). He has also created a series of ethnographic films about childhood music learning in Cuba and Venezuela.

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