Abstract
In addition to elucidating the establishment and details of specialized musical education within Italy’s middle school education system, this paper clarified the role and positioning of specialized musical educational institutions in Italy. The aim of this paper is to explore a part of new characteristics of music education in Italy. From the background of establishment, while the role of conservatory school of music was to train professionals, the role of general educational institutions seemed to prioritize personal development. Middle school music classes were in an intermediate position, and while their objective was students’ personal development, as in general educational institutions, the method they employed was music, and attempted to provide an education that linked knowledge with technique. In this educational institution, the core of school education was music education. This is characteristic of one of the roles of school education.
