‘Lessons’ and Masters of Music in Colegio Pedro II (1838-1858): counterpoints to the memory of Music Education in Brazil

Abstract

The theme of this text is the History of Music Education in
Brazil in the Nineteenth-century. His rationale is to present some
data that allow discussing the consolidated memory that
commonly takes this theme as a synonym of the project
organized by Villa-Lobos, with choral music in public schools in
the 1930s and 1940s, in spite of any past, contemporary or later
historical experiences. Thus, the objective of this paper is to
bring some results of research accomplished about the Lessons
and the Masters of Music from College Pedro II (1838-1858) as
counterpoints that allow analyzing the importance of their
teaching in schools in Nineteenth-century and reflecting upon
the research on the History of Music Education in Brazil.