Edwin e. gordon biography
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About Dr. Edwin E. Gordon
Edwin E. Gordon is widely remembered as a researcher, teacher, author, editor, and lecturer.
Edwin e. gordon biography
He and his work have been portrayed nationally on the NBC Today Show, in the New York Times, and in USA Today.
Through extensive research, Professor Gordon has made major contributions in the study of music aptitudes, audiation, music learning theory, tonal and rhythm patterns, and music development in infants and very young children.
He is the author of six highly regarded music aptitude tests, as well as numerous books, articles, and research monographs.
Before becoming committed to research in the psychology of music, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in string bass performance from the Eastman School of Music.
He played string bass with the Gene Krupa band before going on to earn a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1958.
From 1979 to 1997 Professor Gordon was Carl E. Seashore Professor of Research in Music Education at Temple Univ