著者

竹井 成美

出版者

宮崎大学教育学部

雑誌

宮崎大学教育学部紀要 芸術・保健体育・家政・技術 (ISSN:02858592)

巻号頁・発行日

no.54, pp.p55-66, 1983-09

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The musical education in Japan has remarkably developed since the western music was introduced into Japan in the Meiji era. Especially in the field of musical practice, the technique of performance has made a marked advance and many world-famous players have appeared one after another. But the contents of the modern musical education in public educational institutions, especially in universities, are very scanty in comparison with them in Europe and America. For example, in the universities in Japan there is no musical faculty and the lecture on musicology is scarcely established. This fact probably seems to result from the difference of view of music. In Japan we regard music not as "academic learning" but as "art". While in Europe they regard music not only as "art" but also as "academic learning". In order to improve the musical education in public educational institutions in Japan we have to change our old view of musical education into the new one. First of all we try to make clear the traditional view of music in Ancient Greece and in Medieval Europe. In this view of music they regard music not only as "art" but also as "academic learning". It is necessary for the elucidation to study Boethius' work "De institutione musica", for his work made a great contribution to establish the traditional view of music in Europe. In this study I make researches into the relation of his work "De institutione musica" and the modern musical education in Japan.