To Love or Not to Love (Western Classical Music): That is the Question (For Music Educators)

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In this article, I transpose the word "love" for "be" in Hamlet's existential question in his soliloquy concerning life and death penned by William Shakespeare, "To be or not to be: That is the question." Thinking through the ethical imperatives of love and its ancillary values of friendship, desire, and devotion in Western classical music and music education, I sketch critically the role of love in this musical tradition and its transmission and transformation. I then trace some of the implications of this analysis for musical education.

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Values, Music Education, Music Teaching, Music Learning, Western Classical Music, Love

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To Love or Not to Love (Western Classical Music): That is the Question (For Music Educators). Philosophy of Music Education Review, 28 (2) (Fall 2020): 128-144. doi: 10.2979/philmusieducrevi.28.2.02.

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