Baltasar Bibiloni’s ideology and methodological contributions to musical education on the Balearic Islands

The present special recognition of musical education at Spanish schools is based upon the approval of a law from 1970. However, this law was not implemented. The reason was the lack of a specialist teacher in the field. The implementation depended in many instances on voluntary initiatives and sporadically on teacher’s sensitivity to musical matters. In this article we wanted to examine the work which has been done by the Spanish musician and teacher Baltasar Bibiloni. His work, as a teacher in the field of teacher’s training and musical adaptations and arrangements for primary education, will become a benchmark for music on the Balearic Islands. Furthermore, it will be an important factor within legal constraints, which are currently being discussed. Focal points of this article are three aspects of its ideology: the importance of musical education in schools, specific proposals for implementation and teachers willing and able to apply it.Received: 24/04/2013 / Accepted: 11/06/2013How to reference this articleGelabert Gual, Ll. (2014). Ideario y aportaciones metodológicas de Baltasar Bibiloni a la enseñanza musical en las Islas Baleares. Foro de Educación, 12(17), pp. 147-163. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14516/fde.2014.012.017.007