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A total of 30 % of the pupils in the two highest grades take music as a subject. The majority of them study in courses with a basic level.

Music is anchored in the curricula of Germany's states in almost all grades 5 to 10. However, there are differences in the quantity of music lessons to be taught.

Germany's states differ in the number of weekly hours they allot to music lessons. Music can be a mandatory or compulsory elective subject under its own name, or a component of larger learning areas.

With almost 6,200 schools and 5,100 kindergartens, most of the cooperation partners of public music schools are educational institutions. Many music clubs are also partners.

Musikunterricht fördert kreative Gestaltungsprozesse und öffnet musikalisch-ästhetische Erfahrungsräume. Doch seit Jahren mangelt es in Deutschland an ausgebildeten Fachlehrkräften.

Vertreter:innen bayerischer Musikverbände haben in einem offenen Brief an Ministerpräsident Markus Söder und Staatsministerin Anna Stolz erneut gegen Kürzungen beim Musikunterricht in der Grundschule