Cultural diversity in an Educational Context

Angolan folk songs and dances by Hermínio do Nascimento e Eurico Thomaz de Lima

Abstract

The study defends the idea that multicultural musical training develops in young musicians the ability to have unique experiences around multiple cultures, which can contribute to a culture of peace, respect for all and the creation of bonds of solidarity. Based on Doze Canções da Lunda by Hermínio Nascimento (1870-1972), who in the 1950s and until the end of his life devoted himself to ethnographic research in Lunda, as part of the cultural projects of the Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, and Danças Negras, Danças de Angola for piano  by Eurico Thomaz de Lima (1908-1989), pianist, composer and teacher, student of Hermínio do Nascimento in composition at the National Conservatory in the 1920s, we identify contents and list pedagogical activities that serve the dual purpose of musical learning and preserving the memory of the presence of the culture of Portuguese-speaking African countries in Portuguese classical music.