La Educación Musical en la escolaridad obligatoria durante el Franquismo. Un estudio a través de la legislación (1936-1982)

Abstract

This paper enquires about the function of music education in Spanish compulsory schooling according to legislation promulgated between 1936 and 1982. It also argues the consideration these laws received at the time they were implemented and in recent researches on history of education. For this purpose, a comparative analysis amongst legal regulations, contemporary periodical press and relevant scientific literature has been carried out. The results obtained suggest that music education became one of the most relevant means in order to establish totalitarian doctrines amongst Spanish civil population, as it was conceived almost exclusively as collective singing and strongly emphasized in women education.