OD HUDOBNEJ HISTÓRIE K HUDOBNEJ TEÓRII

• Authors: Jana Lengová

Title variants

EN

From music history to music theory

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The most important works by Jozef Kresánek (1913 – 1986) include the scholarly trilogy Základy hudobného myslenia (Fundamentals of musical thinking) (1977), Tonalita (Tonality) (1982) and Tektonika (Tectonics) (1994). This sequence gives proof of the lifelong effort he devoted to music theory as a musicological discipline, which enabled him to explore, within the category of musical thinking, the developmental laws of European art music in all their complexity. Jozef Kresánek began as a music historian, and in his scholarly studies, monographs, surveys and musical editions he devoted himself especially to the problems of the modern history of Slovak music from the 18th to the 20th century. In terms of methodology, he applied a synthesis of the music-historical and music-theoretical approaches. This paper makes a close analysis of the lasting contribution, as well as the period residues, in the conception of two of his works: Dejiny hudby (History of music) (1942) and Vznik národnej hudby v 19. storočí (Birth of the national music in the 19th century).

Keywords

EN

HISTORICAL MUSICOLOGY; MUSIC THEORY; MUSICAL THINKING; SLOVAK MUSIC; KRESÁNEK JOZEF

• Publisher: Institute of Musicology, Slovak Academy of Sciences; VEDA, Publishing House of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Musicologica Slovaca
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 4 (30)
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 197 – 208

Contributors

author

Jana Lengová

• Ústav hudobnej vedy SAV, Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak republic