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The Deaf Humanist. Can Music Philosophy Educate Listeners Today?

Author(s): Anna Chęćka-Gotkowicz / Language(s): English Issue: 40/2017

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: This article is intended as a contribution to discussion on the role of music philosophy in educating contemporary participants in the world of culture. From a broader perspective, it fosters reflection on the condition of the humanities today. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The author makes use of traditional literary studies, employing, as a music philosopher, a speculative method and availing herself of the tools of analytical philosophy; she also refers to the empirical experiences of musicians and listeners. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The argumentation is based on metacritical analysis of the subject literature within the scope of trends and challenges in music philosophy. The author considers the possibility of educating sensitive and active receivers of classical music. She invokes the reflection of the philosopher Peter Kivy in light of the discussion carried on with him by James O. Young and Jerrold Levinson. Irrespective of their differences of opinion, these philosophers all emphasised the role of the aesthetic education of the listener. The author highlights points on which the philosophers’ dispute is merely superficial. RESEARCH RESULTS: The subject literature is dominated by the analytical model. This results partly from the obligation to imitate the sciences that weighs upon the humanities and also from subjecting the results of humanistic reflection to processes of parametrisation. Music philosophy and musicology are increasingly divorced from live experience and are turning into elite disciplines, reserved solely for a narrow group of specialists. Therefore, we should aspire to specifying how the academic goals of music-related study can be reconciled with the mission of disseminating the culture of listening to music and understanding it. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The idea of interdisciplinary reflection on the experiencing of music should be promoted among scholars (musicologists and music philosophers).

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The source of sin or «an instrument which elevates souls»? Tomás Luis de Victoria: professional ethics and self-restraint

Author(s): Maryna RIZNYCHENKO / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

This article explores Tomás Luis de Victoria’s views on the art of music, its role in human spiritual development, the moral responsibility of a composer, as well as his own personal choice in the profession declared in the preface to the collection of liturgical works (Cantica B. Virginis vulgo Magnificat, 1581) published in Rome. Victoria’s beliefs are discussed in the context of the Renaissance culture with particular attention given to their correlation with the humanistic opinions on man’s self-improvement and the liberal arts’ role in the process. Particular attention is given to the influence of Victoria’s ethical position on his practice as a composer, namely, his decision to dedicate his talent to church genres exclusively. Additionally, the paper focuses on Victoria’s method of using rhetorical techniques in his motet Pueri hebraeorum in order to enhance an intellectual and emotional impact of his works on listeners.

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“Rise like a Phoenix”: Communist Mythology and Rock Music

Author(s): Diana Painca / Language(s): English Issue: 67/2018

This article addresses the interaction between communist mythology and rock music in Romania. It analyses comparatively cultural and political myths, as identified by Tănăsoiu, with particular emphasis on the political myth of unity. Supported by an intensive use of historical myths and legends, this myth carved out a place of its own in a communist discourse designed to legitimate the new regime. Deforming the past and attaching different interpretations to it in order to suit their purposes, communists fabricated a mythology that could work for their own advantage. As the paper shows, the restrictive regulations imposed on all forms of cultural manifestation (as a result of a nationalist policy), forced artists to find inspiration in medieval sources, national mythology and folklore. Surprising as it may seem, the Phoenix band, the landmark exponents of rock music, successfully tuned in their lyrics about Dacians, national mythology and folklore to a Western beat.

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Edukacja w czasie pandemii z perspektywy studentów uczelni muzycznej

Author(s): Aleksandra Walecka / Language(s): Polish Issue: 57/2022

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the considerations is to describe how the students of music university perceive their everyday education in times of the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic. THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The research problem was formulated as question: How does the pandemic affect the activities undertaken by students of a music university and what has changed in their perception of time and space? The research was carried out using an autobiographical narrative interview. THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: Considerations on the issues raised began with the analysis of the categories of everyday life in relation to time and space. How the disorder of everydayness can affect a person was also described. RESEARCH RESULTS: The analysis of the collected material showed that the pandemic has limited the artistic activity, both in the field of academic education and additional activity beyond the study plan to a large extent. Implemented restrictions and the lack of confrontation with the audience contributed to the fact that they do not have appropriate conditions for the development of own skills. Distance education is very challenging due to technical problems, but it is also associated with a heavy mental burden. Their perception of the space and time of study has also changed. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The time of the pandemic for the surveyed students is binding with disappointment, the necessity to resign from activities undertaken earlier as well as uncertainty whether they will be properly prepared to undertake future professional work.

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Experiencing Passion as an “essentia vitae” of Educational Biographies of Eminent Musicians From Cracow

Author(s): Monika Kowalska,Iwona Czaja-Chudyba / Language(s): English Issue: 63/2023

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The aim of the paper was to discuss a function of passion in professional personal lives of eminent Cracow musicians.THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The paper raises the problem of the role of passion in the process of shaping musical eminence, answers the question of the scope of experiencing it as well as it manifesting in activities of outstanding individuals. In conducted research and interpretations, the qualitative perspective and biographical method were applied. The leading technique was problem-concentrated qualitative interview, partially structured, carried out with ten eminent instrumentalists.THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The theoretical basis for this reading of the experience of educational biographies was provided by the Model of Authentic Vocation of J. Weller and the Dualistic Model of Passion of A. Bonneville-Roussy, G. Lavigne and R. Vallerand. The interpretations of the research material described the topography of experiencing passion.RESEARCH RESULTS: The article describes autonomous passion associated with musical mastery, instrumental motivation to practice, as well as distinguishes important factors that determine the experience of passion, persistence or burnout (tenacity, ambition, community transfer, conflict of motives, work overload), and concretizes the qualities of musical passion of outstanding musicians: professionalization, love of music, integrity, creativity, strength and determination in pursuit of goals, as well as humility in the face of challenges.CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Deciphering the senses and meanings that prominent Cracow musicians attributed to passion suggests that it was autonomous, harmonious and instrumental, motivated by the pursuit of mastery, and that the trajectories of the musicians’ professional biographies were a manifestation of a “professionalization of passion,” which formed the core of their educational experience and constituted and defined their life creed.

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Parada Erika Satiego w perspektywie intermedialnej według teorii Wernera Wolfa

Author(s): Anna Rusin / Language(s): Polish Issue: 04 (55)/2022

Parade by Erik Satie, Jean Cocteau, and Pablo Picasso created in 1917 was pro- claimed the first surrealistic ballet, the cubist manifesto and succès de scandale. The article aims to examine the intermedial relations between the media that constitute the oeuvre regarding Werner Wolf’s typology of intermediality. The context of the analysis is provided by avant-garde movements that emerged in arts at the turn of the 20th century and determined the phenomena occurring within particular media. As a result, in the transmedial dimension, the impact of metalepsis can be observed. It leads to the disturbance in the narrative structure arising from the assumptions in a ballet scenario.

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Jan Rakowski (1898–1962) – spiritus movens violi d’amore w Polsce

Author(s): Ewa Pilarska-Banaszak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 04 (55)/2022

The aim of the article is to present the profile of the outstanding Polish musician Jan Rakowski. His artistic activities were related to playing the viola and viola d'amore, which was completely unknown at that time. The author describes the use of viola d'amore in Poland until the end of the 19th century, and outlines its popularity in Western Europe and the United States. In order to reliably present the figure of Jan Rakowski, press excerpts about his achievements concerning playing the viola d’amore are presented. This leads to the assessment of his activity. An important element of the work is a reference to Stefan Bolesław Poradowski’s composition, Concerto for viola d’amore and string orchestra, and drawing attention to the problem with the dating and titling of the work.

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JOHNSONŮV MOZART ANEB JAK NEPSAT BIOGRAFII

Author(s): Lukáš M. Vytlačil / Language(s): Czech Issue: 1/2020

Review of: Johnson, Paul: Mozart, Barrister & Principal. Brno 2014, 182 s.

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Inteligencia versus agresivita u aktívnych hudobníkov v rámci vybraných hudobných subkultúr

Author(s): Gabriela Ručková,Marcel Sedalík / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 3-4/2018

The concept of personality is primarily characterized in terms of psychology, which brings a wide range of definitions and views on understanding a musician´s personality. The research is aimed at finding a possible connection between intelligence and aggressiveness of personalities from the music environment. For the purposes of the research, four test methods were used, with two of them being used for IQ measuring: Raven progressive matrices and an Intellectual Potential Test. For measuring the aggressivity, psycho-diagnostic hand test was used, and Dopen questionnaire used for studying the neuroticism scale. The sample consisted of 160 adult men, actively playing musical instruments in bands or individually, divided into 4 musical subcultures according to the musical genre. The results are interpreted briefly and transparently in tables. In the Conclusion recommendations for practical utilization are recommended.

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Concepts for Integrating Music and Musical Tourism in Destination Growth

Author(s): Christian Stipanović,Vedran Zubović / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

Purpose – The aim of the research is to analyze the possibilities of implementing music and musical tourism in innovating tourist offerings and promotions based on the results and systematic analysis of existing literature with specific application in the repositioning of Croatian tourism.Research Design – The conceptual research provides a comprehensive insight into the ways music is used in destination development. It focuses on various examples of implementing musical tourism.Methodology – The research includes bibliographic analysis using the Bibliometrix software package through the Scopus and WoS databases, which were selected to provide an overview of previous research on the concept of applying music in destination development, creating recommendations for implementation.Results – The results enable the identification of key determinants and concepts of musical offerings and promotions in Croatian tourism based on a systematic literature review and the specifics of Croatian tourism development at all levels.Research Originality – The application of music in tourism, music management in tourism – audio management, represents an insufficiently explored area of scientific and professional research and concrete applications in global and Croatian tourism. The paper provides specific proposals and research based on key research concepts. On an applied level, this requires a complete reevaluation of how destination tourism incorporates musical offerings into its development system.

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Метаморфози на „Фауст“ в България, 1891–2022

Author(s): Emiliya Zhunich / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2023

Faust is an actual historical figure, a scientist who gained fame for his “miracles”, an inspirer of generations of artists in different genres. Gounod’s masterpiece, “Faust”, was the first “complete” operatic work presented in Bulgaria in 1892. In 2022, the Opera and Ballet Festival in Stara Zagora opens with the premiere of Faust. The lavish new production is a contrast to the first, when two chairs marked the road gate and a pile of books on the floor marked the flower beds in Marguerite’s garden.

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Handel’s Acis and Galatea by Open Opera Ukraine: metamorphoses of the original text in the contemporary performances of early operas

Author(s): Iuliia Bentia / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2023

The first production of Handel’s opera on the Ukrainian stage became a milestone in the country’s artistic history. The Kyiv version of Acis and Galatea combines historically informed performance with a bold directorial interpretation of the classic story. For the current cultural policy of Ukraine, which aims at active decolonisation, turning to European early opera means not only renewing the repertoire, but also the possibility of involving innovative theatre directors in opera productions and rethinking Ukraine’s own Baroque tradition through the works of other national cultures.

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Първи представления на Пекинска опера Дзиндзю 京剧в България и тяхната рецепция

Author(s): Miglena Tzenova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2023

The text examines the first performances of Chinese traditional opera in Bulgaria. These performances cultivate “horizon of expectation” (after Jauss) and ideas about traditional Chinese opera among the Bulgarian society. Equality and mutual respect between cultures are obligatory conditions for the reception of “Eastern” works among “Western” cultures (after Nishikawa). The interaction of full value between Chinese performers and Bulgarian audiences, which dates back from 1952, contributes to the reception of those performances in 1952 as well as the further reception of traditional Chinese opera in Bulgaria in perspective. The research explores scholarly publications, press publications, archives, recollections of performers and other materials.

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Оперни произведения за възрастни във варианти за деца

Author(s): Stavri Angelov / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2023

Children’s audiences are also excited by adult operas, despite the availability of operas for children. In order to attract the little ones to these performances, different versions appear, which are of short duration. They contain the most important musical numbers without losing the composer’s main intention. The BBC makes animated versions of several masterpieces of operatic art. In this publication, the subjects to be examined will be Die Zauberflote and Das Rheingold. As another metamorphosis of these subjects, the books of the same name published by Emas can be considered. They are offered together with a CD in which readers can also get acquainted with sound extracts from the operas.

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Трансформации на посланията за социалната бедност в музикалните телевизионни формати „Гласът на България“ и „България търси талант“

Author(s): Zhana Popova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2023

In the musical competitions ‘The Voice of Bulgaria’ and ‘Bulgaria’s Got Talent’ a number of social issues are interpreted through the clash of musical subjects: inequality, poverty, access to art-related education, the labour market for musicians. The text presents an exploration of the messages that music TV formats impose through images of poverty on musicians about social relations.

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Refleksije Ligetijeve kompozicione misli u opusu Vojina Komadine

Author(s): Snježana Đukić-Čamur / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 2/2023

One of the most significant and influential figures in 20th-century music, marking the centenary of György Ligeti’s birth (1923– 2006), provided an occasion to reevaluate the importance of his contributions in the context of the development of European mu sic in the 20th century. This same occasion also offered an opportunity to consider his influence on compositional practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina, particularly on one of prominent Bosnian-Herzegovinian composers, Vojin Komadina (1933–1997). An analytical study of various examples demonstrates that Ligeti’s compositional techniques, especially his use of micropolyphony, are reflected in the significant works of Vojin Komadina. Furthermore, intriguing parallels and intersections between their lives and creative paths shed light on the nature of Ligeti’s influence on Komadina and provide a deeper understanding of the essential aspects of Komadina’s artistic expression. The aim of the paper is to determine, through the analysis of a number of examples, that Ligeti’s compositional manners, especially micropolyphony, are also reflected in important works by Vojin Komadina.

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Vrijeme kao centralna tačka francuske muzike 20. stoljeća: Vortex Temporum Gérarda Griseya

Author(s): Emina Smailbegović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 2/2023

The focus of this article is Vortex Temporum, one of the late works of the French composer of spectral music, Gérard Grisey (1946–1998). Through an analysis of the complex metrica structures of one fragment of the first movement of the composition, the features that significantly conditioned their use are also articulated: Grisey’s long-standing intellectual and mystical inclinations that are revealed in his theoretical works. By analyzing the time matrix of Vortex Temporum, the influence of Henri Bergson’s (1859–1941) philosophical speculations about time on the very foundations of compositional technique is elaborated upon. The articulation of some of Bergson’s philosophical premises with musical means, such as metrical and sound processes of compression and dilation, makes Vortex Temporum a work that in and of itself represents the definition of liminal music – music that equally explores the limits of the hearing apparatus – as well as the limits of human perception of time as one of the fundamental philosophical concepts of the 20th century.

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Wake up, Europe! Sarajevo Calling: Sarajevska rock scena za vrijeme opsade (1992–1995)

Author(s): Aida Adžović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 2/2023

During the siege of Sarajevo (1992–1995), rock music was recognized as one of the most powerful means of expression. Rock music was existing between two main “narratives” – the patriotic repertoire and the alternative scene. The patriotic repertoire was produced mainly by the musicians af firmed in the context of the former Yugoslavia and a period of prosperity of Sarajevo. The unique alternative scene was established in the besieged city by the youth in their late teens, and influenced by global progressive musical tendencies. The war rock scene was generated as a reflection of the universal need to resist dehumanization and provincialization tendencies by affirming the ideas of cosmopolitanism. The aim of the paper is to describe the historical context of Sarajevo’s wartime rock scene, and to explain various aspects of the content, function, and social significance of rock music as a form of resistance in Sarajevo during the siege.

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Фолклорът – уникална възможност за възпитаване на метроритмичен усет на децата от предучилищна възраст

Author(s): Svetla D. Miteva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2023

The study of Bulgarian musical folklore in preschool age is an opportunity to preserve traditions, in general, more specifically for the formation and development of musical hearing and the basic musical abilities of children - metrorhythmic sense in their music lessons. A specific methodology is proposed for its formation and development in 5–6-year-old children.

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Добруджанският музикален фолклор – акцент при формиране на метроритмичен усет в предучилищна възраст

Author(s): Svetla D. Miteva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2023

Characteristic features of the Bulgarian musical folklore and more specifically of the Dobrudja folklore region are presented, as well as forms of work for learning two folk songs from this region with 5–6-year-old children, during an experiment with the 3rd group "Barbie and Ken" in DG 25 "Vesela", town of Dobrich, with the aim of forming children's metrorhythmic sense.

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