In this book colleagues take up various themes and texts brought into play by Christopher Wallbaum, discuss them both critically and constructively, and develop them further. Two key points emerge from their didactic, philosophical, culture-theoretical, internationally comparative and methodological questions: the first group of texts engage with conceptual issues in music teaching, the second with perspectives in music educational research. The essays bear witness to their authors’ respect for and appreciation of a major figure in music education. Christopher Wallbaum has been influential in music education as a teacher, as a musician and in his own person for almost 40 years. His influence has contributed to the perception of music educational theory and practice as an exciting, sometimes challenging, but also enjoyable field of activity. Wallbaum’s thought, with its constant focus on communicating academic discourse and solid teaching practice, has created significant impulses for music educational research and teaching, which continue to inform debate.weiterlesen