For any undergraduate/graduate-level course in Music Education. Unique in both content and approach, this text offers a single-volume authoritative comparison of the four most popular music education methods used in North America―Jacques-Dalcroze, Kodály, Orff, and Comprehensive Musicianship. Its in-depth examination of the methods and underlying philosophies of each method―and its suggested lessons for each method at each grade level―will help students make educated curricular choices among methods.