SOCIOMUSICOLOGY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC EDUCATION IN SOCIETY
SOCIOMUSICOLOGY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC EDUCATION IN SOCIETY

Summary/Abstract: Man has the ability to be receptive to everything that lies around him, as he is influenced by the good news or by the bad news, by a threat or by a promise, and what affects him changes his mood. We are susceptible to the ability of music to change our mood. When we listen to music together, dance or sing together it is as if we touch our souls. Throughout history, in music there have been groups, trends and organizations that have changed the social aspirations of the masses through messages for people’s change and revolution that have turned into movements destined to change the social order and systems. The ancients said that the music had the role of mirroring the soul of the community. The sociological research of the musical phenomenon penetrates the reality, analyzing the reactivity towards music and the importance of the musical factor in daily, current life, especially in the educational process, and if we were to state the functions of music, among them we could mention: the social function (since music leads to some extent to social cohesion), the psychological function (creates a framework of mental comfort), the economic function (since it is still an industry), the affective function (induces emotional states, memories, etc.) and the educational function (music, as part of a specific culture, can provide certain information). Thus, given these functions, it can be seen that music is a necessary cultural product in life and to which man has assigned great importance.

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