Muzikinis Kauno sąjūdis XIX amžiaus priešpriešų verpetuose
Musical Movement in Kaunas in the Swirl of Contradictions of the 19th Century

Summary/Abstract: In the present article a few forgotten episodes of the musical past of Kaunas are published. Culture of the city's music is construed as a model of entirety of the movement of the Lithuanian music. It is pursued to review tendencies of the musical life of Kaunas in the romantic age, to observe dynamics of formation of prehistory of the musical culture during twenty years of Independence. Purpose of the present article is to disclose proportions of the romantic flight of personality and democratic unification, as well as its influence on the process of musical movement of Kaunas. Fragments of concerts of Kaunas in the XIX century are presented, the most memorable performances of the theatre guest artists are described. Formation of the pedagogy of music is observed, musical episodes of the bookstores activity are recalled. Conclusion is made that there wasn't any lack of components related to the usual western musical activity of the XIX century in the prospect of music of Kaunas - multinational life of concerts and theatres was elaborated, critics and publication of music was escalated, solid pedagogy of music existed, not only guests artists were engaged in the musical activity, but also various groups of society - enlightened persons, nobility, officials, pupils of gymnasiums and schools, Russian troops. Sacral musical forms of various confessions, which continued the deep traditions, were cherished. Musical culture of Kaunas of the XIX century experienced specific tendencies of the Romantic age, became democratic early enough, acting personalities contributed to the professional formation of the Lithuanian music level. When writing the present article it was leaned on comparatively poor sources of historiography of Kaunas, researches made by the authors of publication "Kauno istorijos metraštis" ("Chronicle of history of Kaunas"), but mostly on the remained periodic press. Descriptive method as well as research methods of analysis and synthesis were used.

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