The history of music education is best termed a "disciplinary history" and shares a parallel historical development with law, education, economics, and science in that it serves professional needs within a particular discipline. Though interest in music education history has developed in a similar way, it has not attracted the same level of academic resources compared to other disciplines. This keynote address examines the history of music education in relation to the following contexts: (1) Relation to Musicology; (2) Toward an Expanded View; (3) An Expansive, Contextual View; (4) Internalist and Externalist Views; (5) Publishing and Public Responsibility; (6) Graduate Education; (7) Toward New Syntheses; and (8) Advantages. The address was given at the Oklahoma City Symposium on the History of Music Education, Oklahoma City, May 31-June 3, 2017, sponsored by the History Special Research Interest Group of the National Association for Music Education.