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music education and diversity  

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  • The music education of children and youth in U.S. schools was formally established in Boston by Lowell Mason in 1838 as a “songful presence” within the school day. Within a few decades, vocal music education became a common curricular practice in elementary schools as children learned to read staff notation by singing a repertoire of European-based folk songs and traditional hymns. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; Music Education and Diversity]

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