中国传统音乐美育思想及其现代转型

在中国传统文化中音乐美育思想十分丰富。早在两千多年以前就备受中国儒家的重视,他们视音乐为道德教化的理想手段,甚至认为音乐美育还有淳化社会风气、和谐社会的作用。但由于过多地强调音乐与政治的关系,也使音乐美育带有一定的缺陷。随着近代社会的转型,西方音乐美学思想也影响到我国音乐文化的变革,在实践的摸索中,中国近代的音乐美育思想有了较大的转向,中国的有识之士顺应时代的要求,引进了西方的美育思想,并将之与中国传统文化相结合,形成了新的特色。

On the Aesthetic Thought and Modern Changing of Chinese Traditional Music

In Chinese traditional culture, the aesthetic thoughts of music are very rich. More than 2,000 years ago, the aesthetic thoughts of music had caught redoubled attention from Confucian, the thinkers of Confu- cian had looked on the music as the better means for moral education, they even thought that the musical aesthet- ic education could improve general social conduct and build a harmonious society. The aesthetic education of mu- sic had some disadvantages, since placing too much emphasis on the relationship of music and politics. Along with the structural transformation of the modem Chinese society, the aesthetic thought of Western music also af- fected Chinese musical cultural development. The musical aesthetic thought has been considerable changed in practice. Following the demand of times, the man of insight introduced the aesthetic thought into China, and combined it with the Chinese traditional culture, caused which to form the new feature.