Sobre la música para la formación ciudadana: La propuesta de Juan Egaña para educar a la juventud de Chile

This article analyzes the role and the value that the intellectual Juan Egaña Risco (1769-1836) recognized to music in his educational essays and curricular proposals, in the context of the independence of Chile and the configuration of its republican system. Inspired by the theories of ancient Greek philosophers, such as Plato and Aristotle, and convinced that education should be oriented to the integral formation of virtuous citizens, Egaña considered that music was an essential discipline. Through it, it would be possible to prepare students to learn aesthetic and ethical distinctions, as well as to inspire learning in other areas of knowledge, which would contribute to citizen education.