This status quo is perhaps caused by ignorance and the resulting unwillingness to change even when the scientific evidence is obvious. We have seen the dangers of overly specialized education - education that dispenses information but does not foster understanding. The results of this provincialism can be seen in graduates who are skilled but lacking in education, prepared for life's labor but not the fruits of labor. It is the language of emotions. Not raw emotions but emotions corralled by intellect, emotions rendered articulate.
Music is a valuable key that opens the gate to world history.
It offers access to the souls of civilizations past and civilizations still in the making - a ceaseless quest to wrench order from chaos. But in essence, they are complementary. Basic skills are generally regarded as reading and writing for the communication of thoughts and experiences. Music learned and appreciated deeply enhances the basic skills of thought processes inherent in critical reading and writing. Symbolic codification, such as notation in music, of thoughts and experiences is a prerequisite to communication.