La canción infantil como canción escolar. Propuesta para una ficha de análisis

Abstract

Nursery songs are one of the basic pillars of musical education in primary schools in Spain. Teachers need analytical resources providing them with tools to select the choice of songs they will use in the classroom for each different level, school year, age group, etc. This paper offers a proposal for the organisation of such an analysis, establishing an action plan and suggesting the categories to be included in each section. The following aspects relevant to the composition of nursery songs as classroom songs are taken into consideration: musical, linguistic, didactic, methodological, cultural, etc. Moreover, the study of such songs over a range of historical periods provides anopportunity for establishing a historical sequence for the evolution of these minor musical works from the point of view of their composition and their educational use. With regard to their artistic content, these songs can be interpreted and reinterpreted under new and current educational ideologies.