美国著名儿童音乐教学心理学学者詹姆斯·默塞尔,在其《学校音乐教学心理学》一书中反复强调:在普通学校中,音乐教育就是欣赏教育,就是为欣赏而进行的教育。音乐欣赏是认知声乐和器乐作品情感内涵的心理过程,并从中获得音乐美的享受、精神愉悦和理性满足的活动。从音乐实践活动的整体来看,无论是音乐创作或表演,归根结底,都是为了供听众欣赏。如果没有音乐欣赏,其他音乐活动就从根本上失去了意义,无论哪个时代,也无论 James Murrell, a famous psychologist of children’s music teaching in the United States, repeatedly emphasized in his book Psychology of Music Teaching in Schools that in ordinary schools, music education is appreciation of education and education for appreciation. Music appreciation is the psychological process of the cognitive connotation of cognition vocal music and instrumental music, and from it the activity of enjoying the beauty of music, mental pleasure and rational satisfaction. From the perspective of music practice as a whole, whether it is music creation or performance, in the final analysis, are for the audience to enjoy. Without music appreciation, other musical activities are fundamentally lost their meaning, no matter what era, no matter