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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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A Gallery of Early MENC Conferences.
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Music Educators Journal, 1979
Presents a short history of and photographs from meetings of the Music Educators National Conference from 1907 through 1934. (SJL)
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational History, Music Education, Music Teachers
A Gallery of Lifelong Achievers.
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Music Educators Journal, 1980
As a reminder that creativity in music and learning go on through life, this article presents a portfolio of photographs and vignettes of musicians in their seventies, eighties, and nineties who continue to be outstandingly creative in composition and/or performance. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Achievement, Biographies, Creativity, Musicians
Changes and Challenges: Convention Patterns of MENC.
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Troth, Eugene W. – Music Educators Journal, 1981
Reviews the convention activities of the Music Educators National Conference for the period 1907-1980. The text is accompanied by seven historical photographs. (SJL)
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational History, Music Teachers, National Organizations
A Panoply of Instruments for Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Music.
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Music Educators Journal, 1979
Photographs and descriptions are provided of 19 early European wind, string, and keyboard instruments. (SJL)
Descriptors: European History, Medieval History, Musical Instruments, Photographs
Public Concerts in Early America.
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Olsen, Dale A. – Music Educators Journal, 1979
Traces the history of public music performances in colonial New England, with emphasis on the development of theaters and concert halls. Drawings of several of these buildings are included. (SJL)
Descriptors: Building Design, Colonial History (United States), Concerts, Construction Costs