The Future of Education

Edition 14

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Music Listening Activities in the Music History Classroom. What, Why, and How?

Giovanna Carugno, University of Parma (Italy)

Abstract

Music listening activities have always taken a relevant space in the teaching of the historical aspects of music, and they were recognized as the best instrument to convey the basic knowledge of music history to the students since the first guidelines provided by the Ministry of Education during the Nineteen’s. References to these kinds of activities can be found in the proposals of the Brocca Commission for the introduction of new courses at the Teachers' High School and, then, in the 2010 guidelines for the Music and Dance High School curricula.
But, what is the best way to propose music listening to the students? What comes first, the music listening or the explanation of historical notions? What are the criteria to select the repertoire to be listened in the classroom? What is the role of historical musical sources?
This paper aims at answering these questions, by taking into account not only the main literature in the field of music education, but also the legislative indications, adopting a critical approach which considers the role that music history plays in the music curriculum and the expected learning outcomes at the end of the music history course.

Keywords: Music education; music history; listening.

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