Musikausstellungen - Intention, Realisierung, Interpretation

This volume brings together the papers from an interdisciplinary symposium on music exhibitions which was held as part of a major project at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. Museums are places of education and memory, but also places for leisure, communication and wonder. Curatorial intentions and types of reception are dependent on a wide range of conditions. The spectrum of possible areas of study is similarly broad. The authors focus on the presentation of musical themes in Museums from the perspectives of music history, ethnomusicology, music pedagogy and museum pedagogy. Their insights and analyses are based on both practical museum experience and academic study. The picture that emerges is one of varying but in many ways related aspects.