Notes on music at the end of thought (The essays of Chavdar Mutafov and the spirit of our interwar culture) Cover Image
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Бележки за музиката при свършека на мисълта (eсетата на Чавдар Мутафов и духът на междувоенната ни култура)
Notes on music at the end of thought (The essays of Chavdar Mutafov and the spirit of our interwar culture)

Author(s): Andrey Leshkov
Subject(s): History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Music
Published by: Институт за изследване на изкуствата, Българска академия на науките

Summary/Abstract: The present work approaches Chavdar Mutafovʼs essays through his ’philosophy of culture’, making the musical metaphorics a frame for cultural presence. It sets an experiment: constructing out of his essays a quasi-tractatus in philosophy of culture. The music is thought in its triplicity. Firstly, as a pattern for the arts, in relation to which they get influence and disappear. Secondly, as a metaphor for the culture, becoming a manifold of variations and phantasies on the themes of apersonal composers. Thirdly: as an access to the ’ink of modernity’, in view of those interwar period marked by both apocalyptic and conservative leanings.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 59-68
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English, Bulgarian