Диана Данова-Дамянова: „Musica Nova в българската музикална култура“
Diana Danova-Damianova: Musica Novain Bulgarian Musical Culture

Summary/Abstract: The book problematizes the stylistic phenomenon Musica Nova in Bulgarian musical culture. For the very first time is made an attempt for a comprehensive re construction of the history of the Society for Contemporary Music in Bulgaria based upon newly discovered and well structured documents from private archives (which have not been made public until now). In this work skillfully are balanced the traditional documentary and the current evidence approaches for establishing the truth. The result is a vibrant polyphony of views, without omitting or leveling of the partialities, the passions, and the distorted focus of the respondents. This approach adds authenticity and density to the text and significance to the conclusions. As a contribution I would also identify the serious attempt to build a typological model of the festival and the rest of activities of the Society for Contemporary Music in Bulgaria, as well as identifying its key figures. It’s very important that the festival has been defined as a phenomenon associated with the category style. Highlighted is also the fundamental concept of the Society: to be present on the Bulgarian music – and more important, cultural scene, by describing not only the actual achievements, but also the intentions that were particularly rich and interesting during the Presidency of George Tutev. Thus, the researcher has drawn a panoramic view of possibilities. In general, the work of Diana Danova- Damianova makes the movement Musica Nova historical, living in facts, memories and even restless tensions. I am grateful to the author, for leaving the end of this work open, suggesting that the past (as pleasant it might have been), has a value only when it contains a hypothetical possibility to become (in one or another way), current again.

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