Passing the Cultural Torch

Musical Experience and Musical Parenting of Infants

Dados Bibliográficos

ID10200224
AutoresLori A Custodero (Teachers College, Columbia University, autor correspondente), Elissa Johnson-Green (0000-0002-5570-0843, Columbia University), Elissa A Johnson-Green (Teachers College, Columbia University)
Ano2003
Volume51
Fascículo2
Páginas102-114
Data de publicação2003-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Research in Music Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-4294 • E-ISSN: 1945-0095
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/3345844
OpenAlexW2122016980
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas30
Referências citadas19

Using a regionally focused national survey of parents with 4–6-month-olds (N = 2, 250), we addressed associations between musical experience and the frequency and content of playing music and singing for infants. The possible mediation of a classical CD distribution to new parents in hospitals was also investigated. Five variables of experience were considered: (1) respondents' recollections of their mother or (2) father singing to them, (3) playing an instrument, (4) singing in a choir, and (5) taking music lessons. Chi-square analyses indicated that musical experience was highly associated with increased frequency of playing and singing. The content of what was played and sung was less uniformly linked, and revealed individual profiles for each mode of formal experience. Differences were found between those who did and those who did not receive the CD. Results support a systems view of the child in the context of families and society, and have implications about indirect effects of music education

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