Psychological and pedagogical substantiation of the role of classical music in the spiritual and intellectual education of students of higher education

The relevance of studying the influence of various modern styles of music on the mental states of people, representatives of youth musical subcultures, is that young people aged 14 to 25 are more often found among them. As you know, this is the age when personality is formed. It is known that mental states, in turn, act as "building material" for the formation of personality qualities. In their works, Ukrainian composers, in particular M. Lysenko, with high skill reflected the heroic struggle of the Ukrainian people against the enslavers. The aim is to consider and record, analyze the specific nature of emotional manifestations of the personality in the situation of perceiving musical works and the specifics of the influence of music on the spiritual state of students of higher education. Material and methods. A total of 260 students aged 17 to 25 took part in the study. Respondents were divided into two groups: 1) student musicians (63 girls, 65 boys); 2) non-musician students (65 girls, 67 boys). Among pop music lovers, there were 2.5 times more girls than boys Regarding the attitude of non-musician students to classical music — 95% of respondents have a positive attitude towards it. As a result of this study, it was found that social ideas about music in the groups of "musicians" and "non-musicians" have significant differences. The interaction between music and people is a special kind of communication. A person who feels music is able to bring harmony and goodness to society. Centuries of experience have shown that music affects both the psyche and physiology of a person, that it can have a calming and stimulating effect, evoke positive emotions and memories. For many people, the sounds of music can evoke images associated with this melody. Music can calm a person, stir up positive messages in a person's soul, and cause a revolutionary mood, even with signs of aggression. Musical education that can provide great help in full human development. Under the influence of music and musical works, provided that the right techniques are used, mental processes and personality properties develop positively, speech becomes cleaner and more competent, especially folk songs.