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This paper presents a study looking at the music education at general secondary schools in Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. The principal research problem the study aims to focus on, or draw attention to, is the necessity and benefits of the music education as a part of general education at upper secondary level. It presents a content analysis of selected curricular documents: the Framework Education Programme for General High Schools (Rámcový vzdělávací program pro gymnázia), the State Education Programme for General High Schools in Slovakia, ISCED 3A – complete general secondary education (Štátny vzdelávací program pre gymnáziá v Slovenskej republike, ISCED 3A –úplné stredné všeobecné vzdelávanie) and Program basis for general lyceum (Podstawa programowa dlalyceum ogólnokształcące).The main aim of the research survey was to analyse selected Czech, Slovakian and Polish curricular documents and to identify the fundamental terms of educational conception in connection to a given issues (educational areas, key attributions, sectional subjects and expected outcomes) and farther more to evaluate the problematics of the musical education and to compare its representation in current Czech, Slovakian and Polish curricular documents for High School Education. We offer you a comparative study, focused on High school music education, by mapping its current form, comparing the nuances, finding the inspiration in musical concepts of the chosen countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]