Contemporary Music as Reflected in Scholarly Texts: An Analysis of Russian Art History Journals

Yulia N. Panteleeva

Abstract


The article reviews scholarly texts on contemporary music published in Russian art history journals in 2022–2024. The list of journals includes nearly twenty periodicals. The present article provides insights into which composers and national traditions are currently studied by musicologists, what theoretical issues are addressed by researchers, what new terminology has been introduced into the vocabulary of musicology, and what methodological issues are raised in the scholarly community. The analysis of periodicals revealed the interest of researchers in the works of Russian and foreign composers, as well as the emergence of distinct groups involved in the study of composer schools of the European North and the study of contemporary phenomena in the Far Eastern countries. Among other topics, Russian art history periodicals address the issues of sacred music, which encompass both the issues of sacred genres in which contemporary Russian composers work and sociocultural issues related to the historical context.

Keywords: contemporary music, Russian music studies, Russian scientific periodicals, analysis of musicological research, musical genres

For citation: Panteleeva, Yu. N. (2025). Contemporary Music as Reflected in Scholarly Texts: An Analysis of Russian Art History Journals. Contemporary Musicology, 9(1), 180―208. https://doi.org/10.56620/2587-9731-2025-1-180-208


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