Educação musical no contexto das escolas públicas da cidade de Sumé-PB: uma ausência significativa.

Abstract

This study focuses on the issue of the lack of music education in the Brazilian basic education. The research field was defined within the elementary schools of the city of Sumé, located in the Western Cariri Paraiba region. The central objective of the research was to search for quantitative data which clearly bring the existence of our research problem: the lack of music education in primary education in public schools in the city of Sumé. Later, important bibliographical research in the field of music education, addressing the problem at hand, gave us the support due to significant reflections about the problem that afflicts the city of Sumé as well as nationwide.