The role of music in the education of young male workers in nineteenth-century Greece: The case of charity institutions

Abstract

This paper presents music teaching in nineteenth-century Greece orphanages and schools of destitute children, which were the main schools for vocational training of the working class in that period. Five representative institutions were selected. Music education for young male workers in nineteenth-century Greece was both in accord with and satisfied basic aims of popular education, such as to shape the students' character and to provide the necessary qualifications, through vocational training that would allow low social strata to make a living. The aforementioned aims of people's education, which prevailed throughout Europe and was supported by an extended network of philanthropy, are described thoroughly. The aim of this paper is to show that the important role of music in the nineteenth-century Greece charitable institutions constitutes a Western European influence and is an aspect of the effort to Europeanise the Greek education system, which began to take a shape when the Greek state was established towards the end of the 1820s. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor & Francis.

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music education working class Social context philanthropy Modern Greek history

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Author Affiliations

Department of Mathematics, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, North Aegean, Greece

Funding & Acknowledgements

State Scholarships Foundation, IKY

Maria Barbaki holds a PhD from the Music Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her PhD dissertation, entitled ‘Oi protoi mousikoi syllogoi tis Athinas kai tou Peiraia kai I symvoli tous sti mousiki paideia (1871–1909)’ [The first music associations in Athens and Piraeus and their contribution in music education (1871–1909)], was financed by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation. She holds bachelor degrees from both the Philology and the Music Studies departments of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She also holds degrees in Piano, Fugue and Byzantine Music from conservatories of Athens. Her published articles are focused on the history of music education in Greece. She works as a head teacher in primary education. Her main research interests are Greek music education and musical life in nineteenth-century Greece. From the academic year 2013–2014 she teaches at the University of the Aegean, Department of Mathematics.

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The role of music in the education of young male workers in nineteenth-century Greece: The case of charity institutions

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