The combination of folk culture, religious-spiritual and secular orientations of the musical culture in the history of music education in Kaliningrad region

The article eexamines the historical periods of the origin and development of music education in the Kaliningrad region. The analysis of periodization, carried out on the basis of a holistic approach in line with the concept of Professor E.V. Nikolaeva, reveals the totality of folk, religious-spiritual and secular trends, determining the specifics of the formation and development ofcivilizational music education at each stage. Based on the ideas of the concept of Professor E.V. Nikolaeva, using, intonation and paradigmatic pedagogical research methods, each period isexamined based on general guidelines that characterize the musical and pedagogical sphere of the Kaliningrad region in the specified time period. The methodological basis of the presented research,which includes all three directions, allows us to consider the history of the formation anddevelopment of music education in the Kaliningrad region also in the context of predicting its futuredevelopment. Pursuing the main goal of preserving the cultural heritage and pedagogical ideas of the past, the pedagogy of music and music pedagogical education needs promising updated content. In the conditions of the exclave position of the Kaliningrad region in the regionalspecifics of socio-economic and cultural development, using the results of the study, it is possible tobuild a vector for the development of music education both at the general and professional level. In the specific conditions of life of the Baltic region at the present stage and the current system of music education, there is an urgent need to analyze the identified trends and patterns of its future development.