Estelle Jorgensen isn’t a lady who minces her words. She tells it like it is (or how she sees it) and if you’re a music teacher or traininng to be a music teacher then the intorduction may well put you back up a little. Sometimes I think she writes in a provoking manner just to check if we’re all paying attention. This book is essential reading to anyone interested in the sociology of music and the rationale behind music education in the west.