Review article
On Cultural Criticism and the Aesthetics of Popular Music
Rašeljka KRNIĆ
Abstract
Popular music as part of popular art is today a dominant
form in music culture. Critics of mass culture and supporters
of elite art often one-sidedly criticise it as a degradation of art
not taking into consideartion its cultural meanings and the
possibility of fulfilling high aesthetic and artistic criteria.
Traditional criticism and its treatment of popular music
indicate the need for a different approach in the research of
this music culture. The first part of the paper discusses the
conditions for the development of popular music, its general
characteristics and the relationship towards high culture. Also
analysed is its symbolic role in creating viewpoints and its
influence on changes of cultural values with special stress on
the theory of subcultures, while the other part of the paper
deals with its criticism and the problem of aesthetic relevance.
Keywords
popular music; classical music; popular culture; high culture; subculture
Hrčak ID:
18356
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2006.
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