学堂乐歌指的是20世纪初期,随着新式学堂的建立而兴起的歌唱文化,一般指学堂开设的音乐课或为学堂唱歌而编创的歌曲。中国近代的新音乐以学堂乐歌为代表,步入了一个新的阶段。作为中国音乐历史上的新品种,学堂乐歌的出现不仅有着深刻的社会的内因,还有着鲜明的外力作用。它“对于学校音乐教育的启蒙,对于中国走向近代化社会的行程,起到了推动作用”。 School music refers to the early twentieth century, with the establishment of new schools and the rise of singing culture, generally refers to the school opened music classes or songs sung for the school and the song. Modern Chinese new music to school music as the representative, entered a new stage. As a new breed in the history of Chinese music, the emergence of school music not only has profound internal causes of society, but also has a distinct external force. It “for the school music education enlightenment, for China to move toward a modern society, played a catalytic role ”.