The Double Game of Music: Paradoxes of Power, Status and Class in Music Education

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Live Weider Ellefsen Petter Dyndahl

The Double Game of Music

Name: The Double Game of Music
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ISBN: 9781526187246

Paradoxes of Power, Status and Class in Music Education

Live Weider Ellefsen, Petter Dyndahl, Anne Jordhus-Lier , Siw Graabræk Nielsen

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English

Manchester University Press
16 December 2025

Organisation & management of education; Educational: Music

Series: Music and Society

The double game of music imagines music education as a series of games

each with its own rules, play currency and players

to challenge readers to rethink the significance of music and musical upbringing in shaping social structures.

Drawing on their own empirical research and a wide range of international contributions, the authors unravel the intertwining of social positioning and power hierarchies with players beliefs in the pure values and virtues of their games, whether these relate to parenting, children's play, schooling, academic pursuits, musical leisure activities or the television and music industries.

In a world where music is often celebrated as an important tool for inclusion and democratisation, this groundbreaking book offers a timely critique, revealing complexities and contradictions that tend to be overlooked by teachers, researchers, politicians and others interested in the powers of music education.

Edited by: Live Weider Ellefsen, Petter Dyndahl, Anne Jordhus-Lier, Siw Graabræk Nielsen
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 475g
ISBN: 9781526187246
ISBN 10: 1526187248
Series: Music and Society
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 16 December 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Professor Live Weider Ellefsen, University of Inland Norway Professor Petter Dyndahl, University of Inland Norway Professor Siw Graabrk Nielsen, The Norwegian Academy of Music Associate Professor Anne Jordhus-Lier, University of Inland Norway