The Contribution of Catholic Friers to the Musical Education in Skodra

Abstract

The object of this study is to analyze the valuable contribution of Franciscans and Jesuits to the development of the musical education, considering it as an inseperable part of the general education. At first the study will analyze the historical circumstances that stimulated the development of the musical education in the catholic instituticions like: Saverian College, Papnuer Seminar, Illyricum High School, Serafic College. It will also delineate the main personalities that considered the musical education as an important value in the social, moral and educational direction of the society of that time offering modestly an increase in the standart of living. So, the main pivot of this study is referring to the analyses of the subject programme of the musical education as a reflection of healthy didactic bases. The overview will be focused on the musical education programme which are reflected in different musical school publications and which are evaluated in the pedagogical musical aspect for the methodological structure used. The importance of this study stands in the unquestionable value that carry the programmes of musical education to the history of musical pedagogy in Albania. The research method will be based on the exploitation of different funds of the Central National Archive to find early evidences about musical education.

DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2015.v4n2s2p39