Até hoje aquilo que eu aprendi eu não esqueci: experiências musicais reconstruídas nas/pelas lembranças de idosos

Abstract

This dissertation focuses on the musical experiences of senior women. The general purpose of the research is to comprehend the musical experiences in the memories of elderly women, and, as specific objectives, it was intended to evoke spaces in which these musical experiences happen/have happened, reconstruct the kinds of musical experiences, interpret the means through which these experiences were lived, describing and discussing the content of these experiences. Considered as qualitative research, it has as methodological option the Oral History and uses the interview as procedure for collecting information. Participated in this study 10 elderly women who are part of the Coral AFRID (Project Physical Activity and Recreational Facilities for the Elderly).The theoretical reference is based on the discussion concerning the musical experience as social experience, as well as the issues regarding the memory and recollections related to the memory of elderly people, which, in this case, are women. It was observed that the musical experiences of the women happened mainly in the areas of family, home, school, church, parties. Musical experiences related to music, with singing, see the play. The radio was the medium most used by the elderly to live music throughout their lives. The memories are permeated with musical learning from experienced to learn when they listen to or sing along and / or alone. It is believed that that this study contributes to the area in the elaboration of musical-pedagogical propositions involving this public, for the planning and organizing of public politics related to the aging process, the comprehension of the ways music and its teaching/learning can be present in this process, enabling a different perception of oldness.