O kulturnoj kritici popularne glazbe
On Cultural Criticism and the Aesthetics of Popular Music

Summary/Abstract: Popular music as part of popular art is today a dominant form in music culture. Critics of mass culture and supporters of elite art often one-sidedly criticise it as a degradation of ar not taking into consideartion its cultural meanings and the possibility of fulfilling high aesthetic and artistic criteria. Traditional criticism and its treatment of popular music indicate the need for a different approach in the research of this music culture. The first part of the paper discusses the conditions for the development of popular music, its general characteristics and the relationship towards high culture. Also analysed is its symbolic role in creating viewpoints and its influence on changes of cultural values with special stress on the theory of subcultures, while the other part of the paper deals with its criticism and the problem of aesthetic relevance

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