Currently, China's society is in a critical period of transformation and development, and the post-modern trend of thought has a wide impact, which has also been widely disseminated in the field of higher education in China. In recent years, many scholars have conducted in-depth exploration and practice on the effective application of postmodern education concepts in teaching, but the research and application of music teaching in universities is still in the stage of development and improvement. Therefore, this article takes the western music history in universities as the practical object, expounds the theory and core of postmodern education concepts, and analyzes their application value and significance in the western music history in universities. It explores the enlightenment of postmodern education concepts on the western music teaching in universities in China, with a view to providing some reference and innovation to music teaching workers undergoing teaching innovation.

Tao Wang. The Enlightenment of Postmodern Educational Ideas on Western Music Historiography. Frontiers in Art Research (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 8: 93-96. https://doi.org/10.25236/FAR.2023.050817.

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