Education and Music:

a look at the implantation of Protestantism in the North of Minas Gerais (1908-1962)

Abstract

This work had as its motto Education through music, focusing on the movement of implantation of Protestantism in the north of Minas Gerais, in the period of 1908, when effectively started Protestant activities in the region, in 1962, when the implantation was considered consolidated with the organization of the Norte de Minas presbytery. Music, marked by different rhythms, orchestrated by different instruments and shared by several voices, gives rise to different learning processes, one being religious. In this article, the objective is to analyze the importance of music for the implantation and consolidation of Protestantism in the North of Minas Gerais. The theoretical platform was built through bibliographic research, with authors such as Buriti and Barros (2016), Burke (2010), Costa (2011), Duarte (2011), Durant (1999), Figueiredo (2002, 2011), Mendonça ( 2017), Modulo (2006) and Van Til (2010) as references. Primary, oral and documentary sources were also used, which allowed the analysis of the proposed object. It is possible to conclude that music was a resource of fundamental importance for the execution of the religious reform project undertaken by the mentioned Protestant denomination in the North of Minas.