Musikpedagogen Felix Saul: om undervisningen i barngrupper vid Stockholms privata konservatorium under åren 1930 till 1942
2015 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [sv]
Felix Saul (1883-1942) var verksam som körledare, musikskribent och musikpedagog, och undervisade främst i sin egen musikskola, Stockholms privata konservatorium (SPK). Syftet med studien är att undersöka den pedagogik som Felix Saul tillämpade i sin musikundervisning i barngrupper på SPK. Empirin utgörs av intervjuer med Sauls tidigare elever, och av hans egna artikelserier om musikpedagogik. Materialet har analyserats utifrån ett övergripande kulturpsykologiskt perspektiv. Resultatet visar att Sauls undervisning som syftade till att utveckla elevernas musikalitet i stor utsträckning följde Tonika-do-metoden som den beskrivs av samtida litteratur, men att han lade större vikt vid ackordfunktioner och rytmikövningar, och att lek var en central del av undervisningen. Genom undervisningen fick eleverna tillgång till en omfångsrik verktygslåda med kulturella verktyg i form av konventioner att strukturera, uttrycka och representera musik, som de i fortsatt lärande kunde kombinera till individuella strategier för notläsning, interpretation och i musiklyssnande. Av studien har också framkommit att Saul var en betydelsefull musikpedagog trots att han inte fullt ut var accepterad av etablissemanget.
Abstract [en]
Felix Saul (1883-1942) was engaged as a choiremaster, music writer and music teacher, mainly at his own music school: Stockholms privata konservatorium (SPK). The purpose of this study is to describe how Felix Saul tought children's groups at SPK, and what pedagogy he employed. The empirical material consists of interviews with students who participated in Saul's children's groups and Saul's own series of articles about his music pedagogy. The material has been analyzed from a cultural psychological perspective. The result show that the teaching methods used by Saul to a large extent followed the Tonika-do method as it was described in the contemporary literature, but with a bigger emphasis on harmonic theory and eurhythmics, and that playing games was a central part of the educational activities. The education gave the students access to cultural tool-box a variety of tools in the form of established music-cultural conventions of structuring, expressing and representing music, that they could combine to create individual learning strategies for sight reading, interpretation as well as listening to music. In this study Saul has emerged as an influential music educator even though he was not fully accepted by the establishment.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2015. , p. 47
Keywords [en]
music education, music teaching, music education history, ear training, musicality, reform pedagogics, children, Felix Saul, Stockholms privata konservatorium, Tonika-do
Keywords [sv]
musikmetodik, musikpedagogik, musikundervisning, gehör, musikalitet, musikundervisningshistoria, reformpedagogik, barn, Felix Saul, Stockholms privata konservatorium, Tonika-do
National Category
Pedagogy Music
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kmh:diva-1908OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kmh-1908DiVA, id: diva2:822615
Educational program
Filosofi magisterexamen i musikpedagogik
Supervisors
Examiners
2015-06-172015-06-162015-06-17Bibliographically approved