GENERAL PROBLEMS OF THE MUSICAL EDUCATION IN BULGARIAN SCHOOL FROM 20s, TO THE BEGINNING OF 40s OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY IN THE SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE TIME Cover Image

ОСНОВНИ ПРОБЛЕМИ НА МУЗИКАЛНОТО ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ В БЪЛГАРСКОТО УЧИЛИЩЕ ОТ 20-ТЕ ДО НАЧАЛОТО НА 40-ТЕ ГОДИНИ НА ХХ ВЕК В СОЦИОКУЛТУРНИЯ КОНТЕКСТ НА ВРЕМЕТО
GENERAL PROBLEMS OF THE MUSICAL EDUCATION IN BULGARIAN SCHOOL FROM 20s, TO THE BEGINNING OF 40s OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY IN THE SOCIO-CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE TIME

Author(s): Boryana Mangova
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music, History of Art
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: Dobri Hristov; Boris Trichkov; The Ladder; music education; Native art movement; note literacy

Summary/Abstract: One of the most active and prolific periods in the History of Bulgarian culture was the two interwar decades of 20th century. In that time the Bulgarian society accepted many European arts and music tendencies like modernism and expresssionism, but at the same time an essential part of the Bulgarian intellectuals, including prominent music teachers, adopt the ideas of the Native art movement, based on the Bulgarian folklore and born in the circles of Bulgarian painters (1919). The ideas of the movement had an influence over the music education. Boris Trichkov and his system of note education „The Ladder“ registered a significant success in the field of the musical literacy. The intention of the author is to create a Bulgarian method of music education as the composer Dobri Hristov’s intention was. But they are not alone – various number of other musicians gave their contribution to the development of Bulgarian school music education in that time in agreement with the common socio cultural beliefs and principals. Their contributions in the musical development of the Bulgarian children bymeans of music textbooks for primary school and collections of singing are considerably important stage in the development of our music school education. Publications of music teachers in different Bulgarian periodical press editions expressed their opinions about the status of school discipline „singing“, the achievements and the faults, give to us not only the information, but advises and directions for the present. The study reveals the presence of different European methods for the music education in Bulgaria between the 20's and the beginning of 40's, the individual specifics in the pedagogical practices of the Bulgarian school teachers.