Bulgarian choral music as a means of intercultural communication and the formation of musical and aesthetic attitudes

Abstract

Music can be used as a means of intercultural communication, since the art of music is a manifestation of the ideas of a society, an expression of its experience and unites the cultures of other peoples, requiring knowledge of those characteristic cultural elements that can be used by the ability to be part of the musical interpretive and creative process. It is important to teach schoolchildren and students respect for other cultures in a multinational environment, which affects the aesthetic values of students. The article highlights the issues of the formation of musical and aesthetic relations through Bulgarian choral music. Today, at the school level, there is a process of introducing the ethnocultural component, which is crucial for the assimilation, preservation and development of the Bulgarian heritage and strengthening interethnic communication. The ethnocultural heritage of the people consists of the following structural components: material culture, symbols and holidays, traditions and customs, theatre, art, rituals, ceremonies, language and folklore, including musical culture and choreography. Ethnocultural education as an integral educational process of transferring traditions, social norms, and cultural values of the people to the youth is an integral part of the process of personality formation, affecting its social, moral, mental and physical development. Conclusions are drawn about its increasing role in the regulation of intercultural relations in the Republic of Moldova.