<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article aims to offer a broader understanding of the Lithuanian reception of the Warsaw Autumn festival in relation to the modernisation of national music in Lithuania since the late 1950s – early 1960s. Based on a micro-historical and comparative approach to the network of individuals and events, it is intended to explore the shifts of reception through analysis of musical criticism, composers’ work and discourse, and artistic exchange between the Lithuanian and Polish new music scenes. The author discusses the cultural and political factors which affected the changing role of the Warsaw Autumn festival and its impact on the modernisation processes in Lithuanian music. In addition, the asymmetries of mutual understanding and interests between the Polish and Lithuanian music cultures have been highlighted both during the Cold War and the post-communist transformation periods.</p></abstract>

This article aims to offer a broader understanding of the Lithuanian reception of the Warsaw Autumn festival in relation to the modernisation of national music in Lithuania since the late 1950s – early 1960s. Based on a micro-historical and comparative approach to the network of individuals and events, it is intended to explore the shifts of reception through analysis of musical criticism, composers’ work and discourse, and artistic exchange between the Lithuanian and Polish new music scenes. The author discusses the cultural and political factors which affected the changing role of the Warsaw Autumn festival and its impact on the modernisation processes in Lithuanian music. In addition, the asymmetries of mutual understanding and interests between the Polish and Lithuanian music cultures have been highlighted both during the Cold War and the post-communist transformation periods.

Reception of the Warsaw Autumn Festival in Lithuania: Cultural Discourse and Political Context

Musicology Today

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This article aims to offer a broader understanding of the Lithuanian reception of the Warsaw Autumn festival in relation to the modernisation of national music...

Reception of the Warsaw Autumn Festival in Lithuania: Cultural Discourse and Political Context

Pubblicato online: 10 feb 2018

Pagine: 75 - 90

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/muso-2017-0006

Parole chiave
reception of Warsaw Autumn, post-comunism, Lithuanian music

© 2017 Rūta Stanevičiūtė, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Reception of the Warsaw Autumn Festival in Lithuania: Cultural Discourse and Political Context

Pubblicato online: 10 feb 2018

Pagine: 75 - 90

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/muso-2017-0006

Parole chiavereception of Warsaw Autumn, post-comunism, Lithuanian music

© 2017 Rūta Stanevičiūtė, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
reception of Warsaw Autumn, post-comunism, Lithuanian music