Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Boel Lindberg - Växjö University, School of Education
Description
In the autumn of 1934 programmes dedicated to teaching of singing were introduced in the Swedish School Broadcasting. In the following decades, right up to the 1960s, these 'singsongs' were the most popular of the programmes broadcast by this official institution. In 1955, when interest was at its peak, they were followed by approximately 800,000 school children, i.e. 85-90 percent of all Swedish elementary school pupils. This study gives an account of the development of these 'School Broadcasting singsongs' and demonstrates how they both qualitatively and quantitatively reflected the changes simultaneously occuring in Swedish musical and - in a broader perspective - social life. The study is part of the interdisciplinary research project 'Welfare state, media and modernisation', dealing with the history of educational programmes on Swedish radio and television. The project looks into the pedagogical efforts of these media and how they have influenced the development of the Swedish welfare state and the modernisation process. The empirical material, collected from the Swedish Broadcasting Corp
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Swedish
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
School of Education
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Time period(s) investigated
1934-09-01 – 1969-05-31
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Research area
Compulsory and pre-school education, Cultural activities and participation
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Educational Sciences, Music, Cultural Studies
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Lindberg, B. (2002) "Våra glada visor klinga" : skolradions sångstunder 1934-1969. Lund: Arkiv förlag; Stockholm: Stiftelsen Etermedierna i Sverige.
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ISBN:
9789188830104
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Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Boel Lindberg - Växjö University, School of Education
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1680