| dc.description.abstract | Modernized school music education entered Taiwan as early as one hundred years ago under Japanese rule. After 1949, the familiar songs of “Kimigayo” and “Tenno Heika” in the Japanese period changed to “National Flag Anthem” and “Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Song.” Music textbooks in post-war elementary education, patriotic songs that resisted Communists and Russia, and protected the family and nation were deeply branded on the collective consciousness of the people. This paper explores the following three points. (1) Changes in contemporary Taiwanese elementary music education: Under Japanese rule, the singing subject was used as a supplementary tool to cultivate the subject character, and led Taiwanese people to understand the content of music education. However, after the war, due to the regime change and the different language for lyrics, those who worked in Taiwanese music education use songs about the War of Resistance and Chinese songs to fully replace instructional materials on Japanese music. (2) Intervention of national policy in music textbooks: President Chiang Kai-shek’s educational perspective for strengthening of the national spirit determined educational policies, and policies determined the establishment of standards in the music curriculum, thus music textbooks could not escape the infusion of ideology under regulations of curricular standards and controls of the National Institute for Compilation and Translation. (3) Analysis of music textbooks in elementary education: The evaluated versions of 1952 and 1962 textbooks were full of patriotic songs, songs for commemorative days, and songs about the resistance of Communists and Russia. The national version of 1968 textbooks had the previously mentioned songs, but in accommodation with the Chinese Cultural Renaissance, textbooks included songs from mainland China, and added introductions on Chinese instruments.
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