Russian Musicology after 1991: The Chief Scholarly Trends

Tatiana I. Naumenko

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The article discusses musicology after 1991 — the year when the USSR dissolved and each of the former Soviet republics began to reveal their own particular musicological tendencies and form their own academic schools. The focus of our attention is on Russian musicology and its contemporary state. The article examines the geographical factor of the functioning of musicological schools, the role of conservatories in the formation of various fields of musicological research, as well as the peculiarities of the transformations music scholarship has undergone during the perceived period. Special characterization is provided to the subject matter and problem range of present-day Russian musicology, its priorities of research and presumed prospects.

Keywords: Russian musicology, centers for scholarly research, conservatories, academic journals, the subject matter of musicological research, post-Soviet deconstructions, academic schools in musicology


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