Development Of Musical Art Research Articles

The impact of globalization on performance musicology: Challenges and opportunities for music education in the 21st Century

Contemporary globalisation has a significant impact on the development of musical art. The aim is to analyse the socio-cultural aspects of performing musicology in the context of globalisation of music education. The implementation of this study involves the use of the following scientific methods. The content analysis and the method of systematization were used. The results of the study demonstrate that contemporary performing music trends in the arts are important components of socio-cultural spaces. They reflect not only the social transformations caused by globalisation of music that are taking place in society, but also have a direct impact on the formation of the artistic trend in general. It is demonstrated that there are bilateral relations that consist in the complex coexistence between music and society. It is also determined that in modern conditions, the main practical task of today's performers is to convey their thoughts and feelings to the audience. The conclusions emphasise that in order to work effectively with modern artistic, educational and musicological environments, future specialists should master various means and methods of performing expression. It is recommended to deepen the use of digital technologies to achieve a new level of performance skills.

Analysis of the Development Direction of Music Art Management in The Context of The New Era

As an important part of the cultural industry, music art is facing increasingly complex and diversified challenges in the context of the new era. Starting from the aspects of globalization, science and technology, industrialization, this paper discusses the development direction of music art management in the new era, and puts forward suggestions such as strengthening talent training, innovating management models, and expanding cultural markets to promote the healthy development of music art.

Musical Art of Kyrgyzstan: Retrospective Analysis

This work is devoted to the field of theory and history of national Kyrgyz art. The purpose of the work is to briefly convey the history of the musical culture of the Kyrgyz as an integral part of the spiritual heritage of this people. The cultural and historical component involves studying the main milestones in the history of musical art in Kyrgyzstan, the features of its formation, as well as the driving forces of cultural progress in the republic. The authors of this work include an analysis of the factors that influenced the development of musical art in Kyrgyzstan and the study of various ways to master the musical and cultural heritage of the Kyrgyz people. The study of national Kyrgyz art from these positions introduces the main features of the national character and culture of the Kyrgyz people, the peculiarities of their worldview, and the richness of the musical language. All this contributes to the formation of national self-awareness, the formation of a value-based attitude towards the national cultural heritage of its people.

АЛЕКСАНДР ЧЕРЕПНИН: РУССКО-КИТАЙСКИЙ КОМПОЗИТОР-ПИАНИСТ-ПЕДАГОГ

The article is devoted to the activities of the greatest Russian composer and pianist A. Tcherepnin, son of the famous Saint Petersburg professor N. Tcherepnin. The author traces the work of the Tcherepnin dynasty, which for almost a century and a half contributed to the development of musical art not only in Russia and China, but also in the Far East, Europe and America. A. Tcherepnin is characterised as a Russian and American composer, pianist, theorist, teacher and critic. The stages of life of an outstanding composer and musician are considered and structured. The most important innovations introduced by Professor Tcherepnin in the system of pedagogy are noted, concerning the change in the chronology of the vectors of studying Classics and Modernity, as well as the revision of the fundamental sound basis of music teaching aids and the actual creation of a new Chinese repertoire for performers. The evolution of aesthetic and stylistic views of young Chinese composers is traced: while in the 1920s the emphasis was placed on harmonious combination of the traditions of Eastern and Western music, in the following decades the interest in national roots increased significantly. A. Tcherepnin’s main thesis receives scientific analytical substantiation — to teach the Chinese to create and perform, preserving their belonging to the Chinese national tradition. The characteristic of the cycle of piano pieces “From Tcherepnin” analyses the etudes, that have a programme interpretation in a literary epigraph or in an expanded title, which is an aesthetic norm of Chinese music.

Bohdan Antkiv's Contribution to the Development of Musical Art of Galicia in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century

The purpose of the work is to systematise and give a comprehensive assessment of the musicological and compositional heritage of Bohdan Antkiv, his cultural and educational, musical activities in the context of the processes of professionalisation of Ukrainian musical art of Galicia in the second half of the twentieth century. The methodology of the research is to apply the following methodological approaches: analytical, systemic, historical and musical. Scientific novelty of the work. For the first time a thorough analysis of the musical activity of Bohdan Antkiv was carried out, the contribution of the artist to the musical art of Galicia of the second half of the twentieth century was characterised. Conclusions. Bohdan Antkiv is a music artist who crosses the line of amateurism and achieves success and recognition in professional music art Ternopil and Lviv regions. He participated in rural amateur groups and circles in early years, led by his father, Mykhailo Antkiv. The musician obtained a professional music education, studying at conducting courses at the Ternopil branch of Mykola Lysenko Lviv Music Higher Institute, and later at the Conducting Faculty of Mykola Lysenko Lviv State Conservatory. He successful conducted activities in the children’s choir of the society ‘Prosvita’ local unit, in the singing and music society ‘Torban’, in the choir of the T. Shevchenko youth organisation ‘Sokoliata’, in the mixed choir of Ostriv village, which won the Regional Choir Competition in Lviv, in the choir group of the song and dance youth ensemble ‘Cheremosh’, which acted at I. Franko Lviv State University. Bohdan Antkiv also started a brass band in Ostriv village. The article also traces composer and arranging activities. Keywords: Bohdan Antkiv, musician, conductor, choirmaster, composer, musical art, Ternopil, Lviv.

THE GOLDEN SANDS MUSICAL (金沙): ON THE FORMATION OF A GENRE ARCHETYPE IN CHINA

The Golden Sands musical is considered in terms of the genre formation specifics in China. Attention is focused on the American origins of Chinese musicals, especially regarding style, scenography, and the specifics of vocal sound extraction. Consideration is given to the penetration of Chinese ethnic elements into the means of musical expression and choreographic poetics in the Equatorial Rain original musical, which demonstrated the fusion of national elements with Western ones, with jazz, rock, rap, etc. The author puts forward the hypothesis that the development of musicals in China is still at the stage of mastering and forming a genre with national specifics, using the original folk style of singing. It is the mixing of different singing styles that is becoming the most important trend in the development of modern Chinese musical theatre. Created under the direction of Zhou Enlai, the Golden Sands musical (金沙) reveals the typological features of the genre characteristic of its Western models: a synthesis of academic and pop music principles, a synthesis of arts (music, choreography, stage design, costume art). However, its combination with Chinese poetics has created a new nationally oriented direction, which has a significant influence on the development of musical art both in China and throughout the world.

Международный музыкальный фестиваль «Варшавская осень» — преодоление границ между Востоком и Западом

In the late 1940s — early 1950s, a huge gap appeared between the development of musical cultures of Western and Eastern Europe, and it was Poland that initiated bridging it. Therefore, the emergence of the Warsaw Autumn Festival of contemporary music, which has become the largest, was not coincidental. The article is devoted to studying this cultural phenomenon, which has a significant scientific novelty, because the Warsaw Autumn has not yet been subjected to a detailed scientific analysis in Russian musicology. According to the organizers of the new festival — young Polish composers Tadeusz Baird and Kazimierz Serocki, — Warsaw was to become a center of contemporary music, no less important than the avant-garde music festivals in Darmstadt, Donaueschingen, Cologne or Milan. However, the purpose of the Warsaw Autumn is more ambitious — to provide a complete aesthetic and stylistic picture of modern music, and not just avant-garde music, as was the case in Western European countries. The repertoire policy of the festival covered several areas: avantgarde music, more traditional music, the classics of the 20th century, and promotion of Polish music. The festival laid claim to being a reliable display of contemporary music in the world, reacted to the changes in global music, and soon became the largest music arena of the 20th century. It was attended by the most prominent composers of the East and West. For the socialist countries, it became a true “window on Europe” and a platform for mastering new techniques of composition. Without the Warsaw Autumn festival and its profound influence on composers of socialist countries, it would be utterly impossible to imagine the development of musical art of the entire region. This article suggests focusing on the early period of the festival, from 1956 (when it was established) to the early 1980s.

Etienne Ozi – «a great bassonist of incredible talent»

Statement of the problem. Etienne Ozi stands out as a bassoonist due to his significant creative achievements in various spheres of his multifaceted activities. As a bassoonist soloist, he successfully debuted in the “Concerts Spirituels” and for more than two decades was actively performed in front of Parisians in the best halls of the capital. An equally significant achievement of Ozі as a teacher was the preparation of the first instructional manual for the specialists “Nouvelle méthode de basson adoptue par le Conservatoire” (1803), which remained the main official publication of the Paris Conservatory for many years. The composer’s work also became an important part of the bassoon repertoire, which was actively used by him and his students in performing and teaching activities. Despite the importance of E. Ozi’s contribution to all spheres of bassoon art, the artist’s multifaceted creative activity still has not been properly assessed by modern researchers and requires a more detailed study. Recent research and publications. Among the works of domestic scientists, there are hardly any publications dedicated to E. Ozi’s creative activity. An outstanding Ukrainian musician, teacher and scientist V. M. Apatsky (2017) in his fundamental reference publication «Bassoon from A to Z» covers only individual episodes of the musician’s biography. The figure of the French artist is considered more deeply by foreign researchers, among which it is necessary to single out the dissertation and monograph of H. E. Griswold «Etienne Ozi (1754–1813): Bassoonist, Teacher, and Composer» (1979), in which E. Ozi’s work is revealed in sufficient detail. However, over the forty-year period of its existence, a certain updating of historical materials took place, which requires clarification and correction of some facts. Among the latest publications, which in one way or another highlight E. Ozi’s work, it is worth mentioning O. Tiffou’s monograph «The French Bassoon in the 19th Century. Theory and Repertoire» (2022) and Á. D. Moreno’s thesis «Bassoon Playing in Perspective. Character and Performance Practice from 1800 to 1850» (2013). In each of the studies, the authors partly consider individual aspects of the musician’s creative work according to the chosen research direction. Objectives, methods, and novelty of the research. The purpose of the study is to identify the main directions of Etienne Ozi’s performance and his role in the process of formation of the French bassoon school of the late 18th – early 19th centuries. The scientific novelty of the paper is determined by disclosing little-known facts of E. Ozi’s performance and his contribution to the formation of the French bassoon school. The study of E. Ozi’s performance required the use of a number of methods, such as historical to reveal the ideological and socio-economic factors of influence of the French Revolution on the development of musical art; historiography analyses to study and interpret musical and critical sources of the 18th century, chronological one to determine the time sequence of E. Ozi’s main concert performances; contextual and biographical approaches to highlight important stages of the artist’s creative work. Research results. The process of becoming Ozi as a performer is related to military brass bands, which, due to the lack of special musical educational institutions in France in the 18th century, remained the only place, where it was possible to learn to play wind instruments. Then, successful bassoon lessons under the leadership of the outstanding German bassoonist G. V. Ritter opened him the door to the concert stage. From 1779, he became an active performer-soloist of the prestigious “Concerts Spirituels” in the royal palaces. After the French Revolution and the overthrow of the monarchy, E. Ozi continued a successful performing and teaching career in the Paris Conservatory, the orchestras of the Théâtre Italien, Théâtre Feydeau and Théâtre de la République et des Arts. An important achievement of the talented musician was a convincing victory in the competition of nominees for the post of soloist of the Grand Opéra Théâtre, which allowed him to take the most prestigious place for a bassoonist in France. Conclusion. E. Ozi is one of the first French musicians who presented the bassoon as a solo instrument and created a multi-genre concert repertoire for it. Regular performances at the most prestigious halls of Paris allowed him to confidently occupy a leading positions not only among the French, but also European bassoonists. Active performing activity of E. Ozi and his fruitful teaching practice at the Paris Conservatory had a crucial influence on the development of European bassoon art of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Transmission and Development of Musical Art

American music has developed over a relatively long period of time, but it was only in the early part of the last century that it developed a unique style that has an important place in the musical development of the world. The American environment has seen the formation of different ethnic and national music, as well as different musical styles, which have influenced and blended with each other to promote the development of American music. American modern music has gone through several stages of development, and it has not only formed a certain influence on the local American culture but also influenced the development of music throughout the world. This paper analyzes the heritage and development history of musical art and explains its influential role.

IoT Networks-Aided Perception Vocal Music Singing Learning System and Piano Teaching with Edge Computing

The research on Internet of Things (IoT) network and edge computing has been a research hotspot in both industry and academia in recent years, especially for the ambient intelligence and massive communication. As a typical form of IoT network and edge computing, the intelligent perception vocal music singing learning system has attracted the attention of researchers in education and academia. Piano teaching is an important course for music majors in higher education. Strengthening piano teaching can cultivate outstanding piano talents for the country and promote the development of music art. This paper applies IoT perception technology to piano teaching, constructs an intelligent piano teaching system, and uses edge computing algorithms to accurately deploy sensors into the system by exploiting the ambient intelligence and massive communication. The system includes data acquisition, data perception, data monitoring, and other modules, making piano teaching more humanized and intelligent. Experiments show that the research in this paper provides important guidance for the application of IoT networks and edge computing, especially for the ambient intelligence and massive communication.

Prometheus by S.I. Taneyev and A.N. Scriabin: Stylistic parallels in the interpretation of the mythosymbolic image

Two chronologically close musical interpretations of the myth of the ancient titan Prometheus are considered as the subject of the study: the symphonic poem by A.N. Scriabin and the chorus by S.I. Taneyev from the cycle "Twelve Choirs for Mixed Voices to the poems of Ya.P. Polonsky". The article discusses the specifics of the interpretation of Prometheus, one of the central symbols of European culture. It is noted that over its long history, the content of the Prometheus myth has been interpreted in a wide range from a rebel who goes to self-sacrifice for humanity, to an inspired artist-creator who revealed the benefits of culture to people; from the holy great martyr and prophet of the true God, to the leader of the revolutionary masses of the people. As a result of the analysis, it is concluded that the central motive in Taneyev's work is the vocation of the artist, who goes to self-sacrifice against the forces of evil and ignorance. In Scriabin, Prometheus is interpreted as the active creative energy of the Universe, entering into a struggle with matter and transforming it. The analysis also reveals a number of stylistic parallels in the legacy of the two composers, such as philosophical conceptuality, monumentality of the idea and its implementation, striving for the transformation of a person through art, rational foundations of creativity, orientation to Western European art samples. As opposite stylistic features, the composers belong to different poles of protectiveness and innovation in art, and different approaches to the use of the literary word are noted. The influence of innovative insights of composers on the development of musical art of the XX century is emphasized.

Main Features of Civic Music During the Reign of the Song Dynasty

This article examines the reign of the Song Dynasty and its influence on the development of musical art. This period was a turning point in the development of music, literature and theater in China. Thanks to the development of urban construction and economic activity, as well as the appearance of a large number of citizens representing various segments of the population, urban art also developed rapidly in this era. Civic (urban) music most vividly expresses the culture of the Song Dynasty epoch. The development of civic music has led to the fact that Chinese music has become popular, mass. This article examines the peculiarities of the musical culture of the period of the Song Dynasty. The work uses the historical method of research.

Tania Maria’s creative work in the context of trends in the development of jazz in the second half of the 20th century (on the example of the 1980s compositions)

Statement of the problem. The globalization process of modern music art constantly creates new phenomena in the research field worthy of detailed study and scientific justification. The active expansion of Jazz in different parts of the world and its interaction with the local folklore and home music production led to the formation of such phenomena as Latin Jazz that presented the world a number of outstanding performers and composers who opened up new horizons for the further development of musical art. Among unique pearls of Latin-American Jazz, the creative personality of a Brazilian performer (piano, vocals) and composer Tania Maria should be highlighted. Analysis of recent research and publications showed that Tania Maria’s creative work in the context of Latin Jazz development has not been sufficiently studied at the present time, being limited mainly by short references to biographical articles and interviews with the artist in foreign online publications. Thus, Tania Maria’s work requires a much deeper study that determines the feasibility and scientific novelty of the proposed research, which aims to reveal the genre and stylistic specificity of Tania Maria’s work in the 80s of the 20th century, the period, when the complex of her individual compositional and performing characteristics was formed. The result of the study was the disclosure, based on historical-genetic, comparative, analytical methods, of the genre-stylistic origins of Tania Maria’s “intonation vocabulary”, where the metrorhythmic and melodic structures of Brazilian samba and the hot-jazz component closely interact with each other, as well as the intonation-textural features of some compositions of the 1980s from the albums “Piquant” and “Come With Me”. Conclusions. Tania Maria’s creative work in the 80s of the 20-th century exemplified by compositions “Yatra ta”, “It’s Not for Me to Say” and “Come With Me” is a combination of genre and stylistic features of funk, Latin-American samba and elements of pop music (jazz-Latin-pop-funk). The musical art of the second half of the 20th century demonstrates a variety of styles and trends that were quite quickly “re-intonated” in the jazz language, which testifies to the universality of jazz as a unique form of musical thinking, creativity and cooperation of musicians. The combination of these styles is organic in line with the trend of development of musical art of that period and at the same time is the basis of Tania Maria’s unique performance style as a representative of both, South American and European jazz music.

Historical Stages of Musical Art Development in the Context of Scientific and Technical Progress

The purpose of the work is to define the historical milestones of scientific and technological progress and to identify the interrelationship of art, technique, and technology at various stages of world culture development. The research methodology is based on philosophical and aesthetic research on the evolution of artistic culture and the understanding of the musical-communicative process, which allows the summing up and substantiating of the conclusions of the outlined issues. The scientific novelty of the work consists in gradually highlighting the historical stages of the scientific and technical revolution, demonstrating its direct influence on the development of musical art from the first stages of its development to the present day. It has been determined that in each historical formation, transformational processes are closely related to scientific and technical progress, which today are the main driving force of the musical and technical industry. Conclusions. The first stage is marked by the emergence of writing, which destroyed the monopoly of a small number of people on knowledge. At this stage, musical notation appears, with the help of which the information related to music is broadcasted. In the second stage, the invention of the printing press becomes a means of rapid dissemination of information, including musical information, through sheet music printing. The third stage is associated with the invention of mechanical sound recording and sound reproduction devices, as well as the introduction of electric current and analogue sound recording devices. In the fourth stage, because of modern technological achievements, the so-called phenomenon of "digital arts" is formed, which is characterised by interactivity, elitism, a new genre system, and innovative means of artistic expression. Modern artistic technologies, relying on the latest sound processors, computer software, and other digital innovations, help to expand the boundaries and create a new sound palette in music and concert practice, theatre performances, studio work, radio broadcasting, screen arts, and other areas of cultural and artistic life. Key words: musical art, scientific and technical progress, information revolutions, computer technologies, digital arts

The role of A. Norst’s activities in the research of musical culture of Bukovyna

The scientific topicality of the work lies in the study of the history of musical art of Bukovyna and identification of the role of individual personalities in the formation of the region’s musicological opinion. Among the figures of culture, art and education of Bukovyna, an important role was played by Anton Norst, whose cultural works have been known since the time of Austria-Hungary and have gained relevance and new recognition in our time. He became one of the first and most famous researchers of the culture and art of Bukovyna. Therefore, a need arose for scientific evaluation of his research and an outline of the significance of his activities in the process of formation and development of musicology in Bukovyna.
 The purpose of the article is to determine the role of Anton Norst in the study of musical culture of Bukovyna and the description of his work “The Society for the Promotion of Musical Art in Bukovyna. 1862–1902”.
 The methodology. While preparing the article, several research methods were used, in particular, biographical, historical, cultural and deductive, which made it possible to reveal new facts of Anton Norst’s life and determine his role in the development of musicology in Bukovyna.
 The results. One can learn about the development of Bukovynian culture, its musical life and the role of individual personalities in the process of the region’s cultural upliftment from the works of scientists, musicians and public figures of that time. Among the works of the Austro-Hungarian period, Anton Norst’s German-language work “The Society for the Promotion of Musical Art in Bukovyna. 1862–1902” stands out. A. Norst is an active participant and co-founder of numerous societies, chairman and honorary member of the Union of Journalists and Writers of Bukovyna. He is the author of numerous publications, poems, short stories, comic strips and reviews. Anton Norst’s edition is timed to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of creation of the organization that contributed to the development of musical art and education in the region.
 The scientific novelty lies in the fact that for the first time the role of Anton Norst in the development of musicology in Bukovyna was determined and an assessment of his work dedicated to musical and cultural processes in Chernivtsi during the Austro-Hungarian rule was given.
 Conclusions. The first cultural studies that appeared in Bukovyna are of significant value for modern musicology. Anton Norst’s book “The Society for the Promotion of Musical Art in Bukovyna. 1862–1902” was such a work. It became an important source of information about the development of musical culture of the region in the XIX — early XX centuries and a model of historical musicology of that time.

The Serenata of Baroque Period at the Court of the Austrian Habsburgs in the Context of Italian Cultural Expansion

Relevance of the study. Contemporary performance has recently increasingly turned to ancient music, striving for historical authenticity in musical interpretations. In this regard, important questions arise, related both to the technical side of interpretation and deepening into the historical processes that influenced the emergence of certain genres, as well as the context of the creation of baroque works. «Archaeological excavations» are becoming justified, aimed at understanding the historical processes that influenced the formation of the baroque genre system, as well as the development of European musical culture in general. Of particular importance is the study of the specifics of such works as serenatas, which are difficult for genre identification due to their similarity with other works established in the genre coordinate system, such as opera and cantata.
 Main objective(s) — to analyze the historical and cultural processes that influenced the emergence and popularization of the baroque serenata at the Habsburg court, to identify the characteristic features of the genre, to show the significance of the serenata for the formation and development of musical art in Vienna.
 Methodology the methodology is based on cultural-historical and structural-functional analysis, which allow for a comprehensive consideration of the issues of art and politics and provide for highlighting among the colorful life of the Viennese aristocrats important trends that were related to the trends of the era and had a certain influence on the musical environment. Genre analysis was used to determine the specific features of works "in occasione".
 Results/findings and Conclusions. The article considers the musical and theatrical genre of the Baroque era, the serenata, popular in the aristocratic environment. The characteristic features inherent in the works of the serenate type are revealed, which makes it possible to identify them as a separate genre. The fate of the serenata at the Vienna court of the Habsburg emperors is traced, starting from the first third of the 17th to the middle of the 18th centuries, the historical and political context of the life of the Austrian sovereigns is highlighted. It is shown that the spread of the serenata genre in Vienna occurred as a result of the Italian cultural expansion associated with the prolongation of the Counter-Reformation and the frequent marriages of emperors with princesses of influential Italian houses. It is indicated that the consequences of the Italian expansion influenced the further fate of the development of musical art in Vienna. On the example of the compositions of A. Bertali, M. A. Cesti, G. Bononcini, A. Caldara and others, the place of compositions in occasione at court is shown, the variety of their genre definitions associated with certain circumstances of their performance is revealed.

Distance learning for primary school studends of musical art

The article deals with the self-actualizing personality of a younger student in the conditions of distance learning and the development of skills of self-motivation, self-esteem, self-correction in the development of musical art. The relevance of the topic is connected with the challenges of modernity. The purpose of the article is to quantify the qualitative indicators of the level of self-actualization in the distance learning of musical art. The task of the study is to calculate the coefficient of correlation indicators, which are conducted with a time amplitude, where the tests of SAT Shostrom, A. Panchenko, M. Rosenberg, A.V. Zverkov's test questionnaire, E.V. Eidman are used. The novelty of the work consists in combining musical art from the point of view of the psychology of learning in a distance format, where knowledge is transmitted by other teaching methods.

Classic crossword in the space of contemporary music art

The purpose of the article is to identify the key characteristics of the style of musical crossover and its trends in the development of musical art. The research methodology is based on the use of art history and cultural studies in the study of these issues, and a set of such methods: analytical, comparative, historical in application to the concept of crossover in contemporary music art. The scientific novelty of the work is to generalize the phenomenon of classical crossover, the peculiarities of development in world music art and its impact on the development of pop vocals, expanding knowledge about modern music culture. Conclusions. The emergence of the classical crossover in the musical art of the twentieth century. related to the global issue of mass culture and its convergence with elitist art, including opera, classical music, which was also due to the spread of new trends in the world, variability in the interpretation of classical music, while expanding the audience and thus popularizing the classics. At the end of the XX-beginning of the XXI century, the media, the Internet led to the spread of the classic crossover on a new level and, accordingly, the style of musical crossover becomes an integral part of modern culture, a multicultural environment. mediated by mass art, which, however, does not make them less valuable to humanity.
 Key words: classical crossover, musical art, mass culture, vocal school.

Music culture of China in the middle of the XX century in the context of socio-cultural and ideological transformations

The purpose of the article is to explore the main aspects of musical culture development in China in the mid-twentieth century in the context of political reforms. The methodology is based on the usage of culturological approach, which determines the generalized socio-cultural orientation of the work, as well as the principle of historicism as the main when considering Chinese musical culture in relation to political processes that took place during this period. The main research methods were: historical and cultural – to study the process of forming the cultural policy of the CCP; comparative – in determining the political influence in different periods of musical culture; content analysis – to reveal the ideological essence of CCP documents. The scientific novelty of the article is the analysis of political documents that determine the direction and mechanisms of implementation of the CCP's cultural policy and their impact on the development of Chinese musical culture in the mid-twentieth century. Conclusions. The process of the formation of the CCP's cultural policy and the main directions of musical art development in the middle of the twentieth century is determined by the call for the creation of a «mass new culture» combined with reliance on millennial national traditions. The “reformist” movement of the Jiang Qing Group, aimed to transform traditional Beijing opera and create model revolutionary works, significantly limited the creative freedom of artists and was the main cause of «artificial stagnation» in the musical culture of the 60-the 70s of the twentieth century. The suspension of cultural and ideological experiments and overcoming its negative consequences, together with effective economic reforms, paved the way for the formation of a new progressive direction in the development of musical art in the country.
 Key words: China, musical culture, cultural policy, music-educational system, ideological influence.

Microtonality in the Conditions of the Piano Duet Genre

In the twentieth century, playing two pianos has become one of the leading forms of joint ensemble performance – many duet compositions have appeared all over the world, and the creation of works for such a composition is a separate branch of compositional creativity. The authors, representatives of different artistic trends, preaching various techniques and manners of writing, paid close attention to the piano duet. A special branch of the development of the genre at this time is represented by compositions in which quaternary is used as a unique, original method of creating compositions, suggesting special searches in the field of musical acoustics and aesthetics. They – the opuses of I. Vyshnegradsky, C. Ives, M. Cooper, S. Reich, V. Ekimovsky – for the first time in musicology became the main object of contextual analysis. The importance of such music for the heyday of the piano duet in the twentieth century can hardly be overestimated: it was she who brought into the genre a completely unknown acoustic imbalance of instruments, a dialogue of two personalized parts. The piano duet of the twentieth century is determined not only by its own artistic values expressed by specific duet works, but also by the significant contribution of the genre in question to the overall development of musical art – both composing and performing practice.