An Approach to the Education of Music Appreciation focusing on the “Meaning and Role of Music in Life and Society”:

-Drawing on the Theory of Tia DeNora

Abstract

  The purpose of this study is to examine how a practical model, which integrates the pastness, or historical context, as described in the teaching guides for the courses of study, with the presentness, or the perspective of empirically grasping the “meaning and role of music” in everyday “places” can be a pragmatic appreciation practice to consider the “Meaning and Role of Music in Life and Society” in the music department of junior high schools.

  The author first relies on Tia DeNora, a British sociologist, to show the necessity of a perspective that empirically grasps the “meaning and role of music” in everyday “places” in this study.

  Next, the author presents a practical model based on DeNora's theory, examines it, and then clarifies how this practice can provide a pragmatic perspective compared to the teaching methods given in the teaching guides for the courses of study.

  The results reveal the following.

  The appreciation practice of empirically grasping the “eaning and role of music” in everyday “places” and considering the “Meaning and Role of Music in Life and Society” has prepared a view that can lead to music education with a pragmatic perspective by understanding the actual music culture today and acquiring a sociocultural perspective. In addition, because this practice itself is connected to music education with a pragmatic perspective, it is stronger and more expansive than teaching methods that focus on historical contexts and consider the “meaning and role of music” Moreover, it leads toward music education with a pragmatic perspective.