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Cultural Heritage, Diversity, Functionality, Education of Music in a European Context

@inproceedings{Sagrillo2019CulturalHD,
  title={Cultural Heritage, Diversity, Functionality, Education of Music in a European Context},
  author={Damien Sagrillo},
  year={2019}
}

• Damien Sagrillo
• Published 1 March 2019
• Sociology

“Unity in diversity” is the motto of the European Union, which is also the main aspect of cultural heritage in Europe. In the case of music, unity can be interpreted in terms of identity, as well. Music education should deal with historical and contemporary practices and their relative positioning between the poles of identity and diversity within formal, non-formal and informal contexts of music learning. Musical diversity is illustrated with qualitative interviews among community musicians (wind band musicians and choristers) and students in Luxembourg. Music has a functional role with regard to social togetherness and cultivation of common interests. Musical artistry came with the origin of Western civilisation with the beginning of mu1 Fordította Buzás Zsuzsa. KUlTUrÁlIS ÖrÖKSÉG, SoKFÉlESÉG, FUNKCIoNalITÁS ÉS ZENEoKTaTÁS EUróPaI KoNTEXTUSBaN 809 Magyar Tudomány 179(2018)6 sical notation and with the idea of music as l’art pour l’art. Although solfège is not on the UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, it is an example of how European cultural heritage influences music education in many European countries and beyond. Kulcsszavak: kulturális örökség, kulturális sokszínűség, európai zenepedagógia