A specialist in the philosophy of music education, aesthetic education, comprehensive arts programming, Bennett Reimer (1932-2013) was an American music educator and scholar who served as chair of the Music Education Department at Northwestern University where he was the John W. Beattie Professor of Music Emeritus. He authored over two dozen books and more than 150 articles, chapters, and reviews. In addition, Reimer served on editorial boards for many major music publications, as well as representing MENC on many executive boards. The collection consists of published works and accompanying materials, including his book A Philosophy of Music Education, first published in 1970, unpublished works, journal articles, guest lecture materials and drafts of speeches given by Reimer, and materials related to Reimer’s textbooks on music for grades one through eight, Silver Burdett Music, which were the most widely used throughout the United States and the world for two decades.
