Baltic musicological conferences: National music historiographies and transnationalism
Rūta, Stanevičiūtė;
muzikologija2019Vol. 2019pp. 75-89
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Abstract
The article explores the Baltic musicological conferences as a
non-hierarchical network and its role and meaning in the changing political
and cultural contexts. Starting from 1967, when the first conference took
place, the annual meetings of the Baltic musicologists soon became a
transnational space for the professional exchange and crosscultural
discussion. Based on the results and the impact of cooperation between
musicologists of neighbouring countries, the Soviet formation of the
national history writing and the development of the Baltic musicological
comparativism is discussed, given the political and cultural factors of
these changes. The theoretical foundations and cultural aspirations of the
concept of national music historiography by Vytautas Landsbergis is
highlighted as representative example of the national self-confidence in
Lithuanian musicology during the Soviet period.