What significance does music hold for young people during their developmental phase? The handbook systematically explores youth, music, and socialization in their respective contexts. The focus is on the level of educational and socialization theory within educational science. Fundamentally, the connection between youth and music is established from a socialization theory perspective. The aim is to comprehensively and fundamentally address this topic with contributions from various fields, including educational science, sociology, social sciences, as well as musicology and music education. This is intended for researchers, lecturers, and students in the fields of education, educational science, social pedagogy, and social work at universities and universities of applied sciences, as well as specialists in sociology and musicology.