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Analysis of Listening Preferences of High School and College Music
Analysis of Listening Preferences of High School and College Music
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JRME 1994, VOLUME 42, NUMBER 4, PAGES 331-342 331
Analysis of Listening
These results are part of a research study sponsored by the National Music
Education Research Project and supported with a grant from the Yamaha
Corporation. Dianne Gregory is an associate professor at the School of Music, Florida
State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2098. Copyright @ 1994 by Music Educators
National Conference.
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METHOD
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Table 1
Hindemith
6 Keyboard Ludus Tonalis, Interludium moderato (0:00-0:35)
2 Choral Le Cyne (0:00-0:38)
3 Band Symphony in B-flat (1:50-2:16)
7 Orchestral Concert Music for Strings and Brass, 2nd mov. (1:17-1:49)
Stravinsky
4 Keyboard Concerto for Two Pianos, 3rd mov.,
Quattro Variazioni (1:56-2:27)
8 Choral Symphony of Psalms, Part III: "Laudate" (52-9:25)
5 Band Symphonies of Wind Instruments (4:50-5:25)
1 Orchestral Petrushka, 4th mov. (1:48-2:13)
Mozart
Eclectic
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Table 2
Excerpt #
Silver Burdett/Ginn
10 Keyboard Beethoven: "Ffir Elise" (0:00-0:37)
12 Choral Woodie Guthrie: "This Land Is Your Land" (1:14-1:46)
9 Band Sousa: "Semper Fidelis" (0:00-0:37)
11 Orchestral Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, "March" (0:00-0:34)
Crossover Jazz
9 David Sanborn, "As We Speak" (0:00-0:36), from the
album As We Speak
10 Herbie Hancock, "Well, You Needn't" (0:00-0:42) from
the album Quartet
11 Larry Carlton, "Last Night" (0:00-0:43) from the album
Last Night
12 Spyro Gyra, "Shakedown" (0:00-0:45) from the album
Alternating Currents
RESULTS
After the CRDI data disks were collected from all sites, the ag
terion for music majors was adjusted to include 33 college s
mores (8% of the total) to increase the number of keyboard
orchestral subjects. Data for 1,299 subjects were stored in file
were uploaded to an IBM mainframe and accessed with SPSS
ware (Release 4.1 for IBM VM/CMS) for statistical treatment.
For purposes of analysis, the eight sites were combined into fo
geographical regions. Region 1 consisted of Alabama and Loui
(n = 293), Region 2 consisted of New York and Ohio (n = 351),
Texas and Missouri were Region 3 (n = 365), and Region 4 includ-
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JRME 335
C,
13"
class, course
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Table 3
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JRME 337
Table 4
Excerpts
Group Keyboard Choral Band Orchestral F p
(N)
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Table 5
Excerpts
Group (N) Keyboard Choral Band Orchestral
High school
Music Major
DISCUSSION
The most familiar music for all groups was the Silver
Burdett/Ginn category. Responses ranged from the comparison
group of sixth-grade subjects' "very familiar, but can't name it" to
the college students' "performed, studied it in lesson, class, or
course." Yet, the only significant positive correlation between
knowledge and preference in this category, and the highest among
all of the correlations, occurred with the sixth-grade subjects, per-
haps corroborating Hargreaves' findings (1984) regarding the
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JRME 339
Table 6
Excerpts
Group Keyboard Choral Band Orchestral
Hindemith
High school Keyboard Choral Band N.S.
Keyboard Orchestra
Stravinsky
High school N.S. Choral Band N.S.
Keyboard
Mozart
Eclectic
High school Keyboard Choral Band N.S.
Orchestra Keyboard
Silver Burdett/Ginn
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340 GREGORY
Table 7
Correlations between Mean Preference and Mean Knowledge Ratings
Hindemith/ Silver
Ratings Stravinsky Mozart Eclectic Burdett/Ginn Jazz
Grade 6
High School
Music Major
* p <.05; ** p <.01
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JRME 34
CONCLUSION
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342 GREGORY
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