Notes about Musical and Aesthetic Thinking in Slovakia in the 20th Century

• Authors: Slávka Kopčáková
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper addresses the little studied area of Slovak music and its influence from ‘above‘: the aesthetic theory (dogmatic aesthetics) created out of the political demands placed on art in the 1950s and 60s. In this relatively short ‘Socialist building‘ period, music as both an adornment of the regime and an ideological tool was promoted in accordance with Lenin’s reflection theory and Zhdanov’s normative aesthetics using rules, prohibitions and dogma. Fortunately, however, the mission to build and entrench socialism was never fulfilled.

Keywords

EN

socialist realism; musical creation; dogmatism; normative aesthetics; musical aesthetics; ideology

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Międzynarodowych i Edukacji Humanum
• Journal: Humanum. Międzynarodowe Studia Społeczno-Humanistyczne
• Year: 2012
• Issue: 2(9)
• Pages: 197-205

Contributors

author

Slávka Kopčáková

• Faculty of Arts PU in Prešov