MUSICIAN EDUCATION ON BRAZILIAN FARMS: A HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE OBJECTIVES OF MUSIC CULTIVATION IN THE PAST

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the education of musicians on Brazilian farms during the colonial and imperial periods, to understand the pedagogical intentions regarding this practice. In this way, reflections will be presented on the use of education as a tool of domination, understanding some concepts from a cultural point of view, as well as from ideas about the contributions of pedagogical approaches that meet the expectations of the dominant classes. Subsequently, from a historiographical perspective, we will examine how the formation of Brazilian musicians took place in the social context of the colonial period, to understand the social function of the first musical groups then formed mostly by blacks, their musical repertoire, and the order to which they were subjected. Furthermore, the education of musicians on Brazilian farms will be discussed, highlighting music bands as one of the first informal spaces for musical education, demonstrating their connection with farmers and the church, through catechesis, for the benefit of the mercantile project of the Portuguese in Brazilian lands. Finally, we understand that there is a need to broaden our perceptions about the interpretations of historical facts, presented in the text by researchers and chroniclers, to reflect on new possibilities of Music Education in contemporary music bands.