Exploring the contents of classical music education to cultivate the curriculum of the 2022 revised middle school music curriculum

Objectives This study analyzed the curriculum competencies of the 2022 revised music curriculum and explored the contents of classical music that can foster them. Methods In order to explore the contents of classical music that can cultivate the five curricular competencies of the 2022 revised music curriculum, composers, works, and musical activities of classical music in the 2015 revised middle school music textbooks were explored. Results ‘Emotional Competence’ can be cultivated through ‘Emotional theory’ of the Baroque period, ‘Over- emotional style’, and works of the Romantic period, and ‘Communication Competence’ can be cultivated through three communication structures in music. Also, ‘Community Competence’ can be cultivated through classical music and folk songs of various periods and cultures, and ‘Self-directed Competence’ can be cultivated through ‘Musical play’. Finally, ‘Creative Competence’ can be cultivated through composing techniques of Wagner, Schoenberg, Debussy, and lyrics of songs. Conclusions This study is the first study on the cultivation of five music curriculum competencies in the 2022 revised music curriculum using classical music, which means that the value of classical music has been confirmed in the curriculum.