Music Education in Poland in the Historical Aspect and the Present Day
Music Education in Poland in the Historical Aspect and the Present Day

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the history of music education in Poland from the Early Middle Ages to the present day. Religion and secular musical centers together with schools developed through centuries. Several subjects, such as instrumental playing, choral singing, music theory, techniques of composition and other theoretical and practical subjects were taught. The level of teaching and its scope were constantly being improved. Apart from specialized education, music was also taught in general education schools. As it comes to the methods, Pierre Galin’s, John Curwen’s as well as Emil Jaques-Dalcroze concepts reached Poland in the 19 th century. In the 20 th century, methods of ear training were popularized by Tadeusz Joteyko, Karol Hławiczka and Stefan Wysocki. Methods of teaching music in general schools were proposed by Jozef Życzkowski. In the 1930s, Karol Szymanowski had a great impact on the shaping of a new model of music education in Poland. After the Second World War the adaptations of Dalcroze, Zoltan Kodaly’s and Carl Orff’s methods were implemented. In the 1960s the Polish concept of music education called ‘Contemporary Polish Pluralistic Concept of Musical Education’ was created by Maria Przychodzińska and co-workers. Another important idea is the ‘Cracow Concept of Musical Education’ which was created and established by Zofia Burowska and her team at the beginning of the 1970’s. After the collapse of communist rule, the educational system changed. The major reform was implemented in 1999. The very new reform in general education in Poland started on the 1 st of September 2017.

• Details
• Contents