MUSICIAN’ S 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 in the colonial and imperial periods, in order to understand the pedagogical intentions related to 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 the Brazilian musician took place in the social context of the colonial period, in order to understand the social function of the first musical groups then formed mostly by blacks, the musical repertoire and the order to which they were submitted. In addition, the education of musicians on Brazilian farms will be discussed, highlighting the music bands as one of the first non-formal spaces of musical education, demonstrating their connection with the farmers, with 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, in order to reflect on new possibilities of Music Education in contemporary music bands.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2025.008-015