Music Culture of Contemporary Young People in the Czech Republic
Music Culture of Contemporary Young People in the Czech Republic

Author(s): Renata Horáková
Subject(s): Education, Music, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Art
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: music culture; music education; primary schools; elementary (basic) art and music schools; music preferences; music teachers;
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses music culture of Czech pupils and students regarding the teaching of music education, and presents some findings published in The Annual Report of the Czech School Inspectorate. Pupils learning music at elementary art and music schools end their studies after completing the first cycle and do not continue developing their skills further although this moment tends to have the greatest impact on the future direction of an individual’s development and his/her skills. Partial results from an empirical research published by a team of the Department of Music, Faculty of Education, Brno is compared with data that is continuously collected by the Czech School Inspectorate by carrying out their inspectorial duties in primary schools and elementary art and music schools to find an answer to why elementary art pupils finish their studies prematurely and why an “active producer” of music becomes a “passive listener” only. The paper also discusses the “musicality” of the Czech nation, especially young people. An insight into the folklore and traditions is provided with an emphasis on folklore elements of some regions, respectively in South Moravia.

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