Perceiving Music – One of Fundamental Activities at Mass School

The two musical activities – performing and perceiving music in the mass school – are equally important. However, while to perform music after finishing school is random, to work and create in a ‘sounding” environment is something people do all their lives. That makes the problem of perceiving music very important – what music people are taught to choose, i.e. whether school has set and developed their musical-artistic taste; also how people listen, i.e, if they are trained to listen with understanding. The role of the musical teacher in the school of general education has thus become really important, so the question if the music teacher is well trained to cope with the high-level requirements of his job is crucial. The responsible attitude of the music pedagogue towards perceiving music, which is particularly important for educating cultural listeners of music, would suggest other promising forms of work in class and outside of class.