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Issue 2 (7) June 2025 Problems of Music Theory and History

S. I. Taneyev’s Reflections of on the Highest Limits of Art (based on archival records)

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Galima U. Lukina — Doctor of Art History, Deputy Director for Scientific Work at the State Institute of Art Studies, Professor, Head of the Chair of the Theory and History of Music at the Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts.
The State Institute of Art Studies, Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia, lukina@sias.ru, ORCID: 0000-0002-7334-4985

Abstract

Based on the study of epistolary texts by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, including handwritten documents from the Taneyevsky Foundation of the GDMCH, the article aims to recreate the composer-thinker's holistic view on the reference work of art. Communicating with many cultural representatives of the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries, Taneyev always entered into an "attitude", a dialogue with their aesthetic views, theories of art, and philosophy of life. Probably, thanks to his communication with Leo Tolstoy, Taneyev had a need to systematize his thoughts about art.

Keywords

S. I. Taneev on art, aesthetics of L. N. Tolstoy, aesthetics of N. K. Medtner, work of art, understanding of art, purpose of art

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Received: 06.04.2025

Accepted: 23.05.2025

Issue №2 (7) June 2025

Pages
20-31