MILDAS ZĪVERTES-ZĀLĪTES KIRKEGORISKĀ IMPRESIJA
Milda Zīverte-Zālīte's Kierkegaardian Impression.

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the single year of life (that is, of 1931) of the Latvian theologian and later music historian Milda Zīverte-Zālīte (1903.-1981.), whose 100th birthday we celebrate in June of 2003. After graduating the faculty of Theology of the University of Latvia in 1930 she composed three articles on religious themes. Soon this period of life was to be over as after marriage to the Latvian composer Jānis Zālītis she turned to the history and theory of music. Hence the term used in the title of the present article that plays upon the allusion "impression" (impression as a fleeting, short-lived musical piece). The main questions the author poses in the article are: (1) Can we say that M. Zīverte-Zālītes has had its imprint upon Kierkegaard's research tradition in Latvia?; (2) What is the place of M. Zīverte-Zālīe's essay in the context of Kierkegaardiana in Latvia?; (3) Is it possible to speak of Kierkegaard's research in Latvia at all.

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