Book excerpt: In 1984-85 a two-year program of symposia and lectures at The University of Alabama, collectively known as "The Alabama Project: Music, Society, and Education in America," gave rise to two important volumes: Applications of Research in Music Behavior, edited by Clifford K. Madsen and Carol A. Prickett, and this volume. Music Education in the United States stands as the most important and far-ranging professional overview of the discipline since the appearance of the landmark Basic Concepts in Music Education (1958). Book jacket.