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EXPERIENCE AND ATTITUDE OF PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TOWARDS GREGORIAN SINGING

Gregorian singing is a part of liturgical tradition of Western-European Christianity. It is a special type of singing sprung from the Church of Roman ritual for the needs of church service. The specificity of Gregorian coral's music expression is entailed in modal monody which is inseparable from the text. With its overriding the ancient music practice (Greece, Jewish music) and alongside the influence of local specificities in the West, Gregorianics gave way to later vocal forms. In primary education, Gregorian singing isn't represented in the school subject Music according to the Teaching Curriculum prescribed by the Republic of Croatia's Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. The aim of the paper is to examine the experience and attitude of students in primary education towards Gregorian singing. The research used audio questionnaire with five music examples of Gregorian singing. It was implemented in the school year 2016/2017 on 110 students of primary school Galdovo (Sisak, Croatia). The results have shown that pupils express liking (positive attitude) towards the heard examples of Gregorian singing although most of them didn't hear Gregorian singing before. The subjects expressed the desire to get to know Gregorian singing more deeply during Music lessons. More than 80% of them considered Gregorian singing to be soothing and pleasant.

music, Gregorian singing, primary education, students, research

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