Music Education in Training Early Childhood Education Teachers in the Context of Jerome Bruner’s System of Representations. Its Purpose and Teaching Methodology Modification for Remote Work

The article consists of two parts. The first presents the implications for training early childhood music education teachers which arise from the theory of developmental psychology concerning Jerome Bruner’s system of representations. The author strives to point out that their proper understanding appears to be essential to building a good teaching foundation for working with early childhood education students. With reference to the theory in question, the second part of the article discusses a modification of selected methods of conducting music education at the indicated stage of education in relation to the challenges connected with the necessity to work remotely. The author discusses examples of methodology in detail and suggests modifications. The aim of such treatment of the matter is to demonstrate that it is possible to retain the practical nature of educational efforts in spite of the unfavourable conditions that stem from the need to be isolated and work online.

Principles of Myroslav Skoryk’s Individual Style of Music in the Piano Cycle of Preludes and Fugues

The article is devoted to the works of Myroslav Skoryk, a prominent Ukrainian composer, who is well known on the Polish music scene. Two pairs of preludes and fugues from the polyphonic cycle for piano are discussed in particular: C major No. 1 and F major No. 6. The compositions are subjected to musicological and performance analysis. The stylistic and interpretative specificity of these pieces is also considered.

Heterogeneity of Thinking about Audiation in Terms of Scientific Exploration of the Status of Music Learning Theory by Edwin Elias Gordon

Taking into consideration the recent attempts made by scientific researchers to study the learning process as well as the process of learning music, it is assumed that both are subject to the same methodological rigour as the ones which originate from different backgrounds and subjects, espe- cially in the case of studies based upon quantitative strategy. There is a need for a thorough theo- retical analysis, which has been present in Polish educational market for over 20 years, of music learning theory by E.E. Gordon in terms of its functionality in research development. The author of the article outlines a thorough analysis of learning theory in terms of its scientific rationality, theo- retical and practical background. The author also conducts a selective description of its fundamental concepts in terms of undertaking research exploration. In these circumstances, the focus is placed upon projecting, conceptualisation and operationalisation of the attempts made by researchers in the subject of early school music education and widely understood music pedagogy.

A Panorama of Polish Guitar Concertos

The present article constitutes an attempt at outlining the musical oeuvre of Polish composers in the field of concertos for guitar and orchestra. Since the 1940s, when the first concerto with a guitar part was created, more than 100 concertos have been composed in Poland. In an effort to write such a piece of music, composers discovered different creative paths, which often revealed various new colours of the guitar. The article discusses a proposal to divide the concertos created in Poland according to the specificity of the pieces, introduces the history of the first Polish concertos and paints a picture of guitar literature created by 2020.