Open AccessLatvian Music History in the Context of 20th-century Modernism and Postmodernism. Some Specific Issues of Local Historiography
Author(s) -
Jānis Kudiņš
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
muzikološki zbornik/muzikološki zbornik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2350-4242
pISSN - 0580-373X
DOI - 10.4312/mz.54.2.97-139
Subject(s) - latvian , historiography , postmodernism , modernism (music) , postmodern music , context (archaeology) , representation (politics) , aesthetics , literature , music history , focus (optics) , art , history , art history , philosophy , postmodern theatre , political science , law , linguistics , politics , musical , physics , archaeology , optics
Do the terms “modernism” and “postmodernism” objectively characterize the trends in the music history of the 20th century or are they merely theoretical abstractions? How can they be applied to the music history of specific countries, for example, when analysing a local historical experience? The article will consider these questions primarily to focus on the representation of the modernist and postmodernist aesthetics in the stylistic developments of the 20th-century Latvian music history.