音乐是人类文化的表现形式之一,音乐人类学又称民族音乐学,其主旨是将音乐融入到文化中来看待。梅里亚姆的著作《音乐人类学》是该领域中最重要的文献之一,他主要是从人类学的角度探讨了音乐和他赖以生存的文化之间的关系。音乐教育学的研究包含了音乐哲学、音乐美学、音乐社会学等学科,此后又将目光投向了音乐人类学。从最基本的“人”的角度出发,研究音乐、人、文化的三重特征。本文拟从音乐人类学的视角出发,探讨当今音乐教育学在理论和实践中的观点和方法。 Music is one of the manifestations of human culture. Music anthropology, also known as ethnomusicology, is based on the integration of music into culture. Meriam’s book “Musical Anthropology” is one of the most important articles in this field. He mainly discusses the relationship between music and the culture on which he depends from an anthropological point of view. The study of music education includes music philosophy, music aesthetics, music sociology and other disciplines, and then turn to music anthropology. From the most basic “people ” point of view, study the triple characteristics of music, people, and culture. This article intends to explore the viewpoints and methods of music education in theory and practice from the perspective of music anthropology.