WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART'S MUSIC IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL MUSIC CURRICULUM

The aim of the research presented in paper was to investigate the influence of both gender and increased number of music lessons on students' preferences of Mozart's music. The research was conducted as an experiment with parallel groups. The experimental variable was the increased number of music lessons, during which the focus was on singing and listening of Mozart's music. First part of the questionnaire included questions on gender and general music preferences of the participants. Second part included the evaluation scale that measured preferences for presented music excerpts. The sample included 94 3rd-grade students of primary school. No relation between the gender and preferences for Mozart's music was found. Results also show that the increased number of music lessons made no impact to these preferences. Possible explanation is that the number of additional music lessons devoted to Mozart's music was too low. Further research could be conducted on the sample of older primary school students and students in gymnasiums.