Free music lessons for a year will be available to all children in the first years of primary school, as part of a major campaign to raise the standards of music education.
Primary schools will receive funding for choirs, orchestras, new instruments, and performance as part of the £332 million drive to make music a key part of the school day.
Thousands of new musical instruments from violins and clarinets to african drums will be bought as part of the scheme, backed by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and his brother Julian, the prominent cellist and long-term advocate of musical education.
The government wants to see at least half of all primary pupils continuing with tuition after the first year.
Singing will be made a part of everyday classroom teaching, with £40 million of funding provided for the Sing Up programme, led by pop star Jamelia and composer Howard Goodall.
"Young people who are lucky enough to learn music and sing from an early age develop better social skills, memory, ability to listen and have more confidence," said Mr Goodall. "There are proven links between productive music lessons and a better all-round devlopment of young children."
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