Glasbena kritika - nekoč in danes
Music criticism - yesterday and today

english
german
slovenian

2024

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The present monograph Music Criticism – Yesterday and Today looks at the role and importance of music criticism in the past and present. With a rich selection of articles by foreign authors, complemented by a number of contributions from Slovenia, the present monograph attempts above all to shed light on the critical activities of some of the most important figures in the field of music criticism. Not only did the latter dictate performance standards, it influenced the reception of music in a broader sense and, to a greater or lesser extent, played an active part in shaping musical culture. The articles by Slovene and foreign contributors alike clearly demonstrate the extremely important role played by music criticism in the past in practically all areas of musical life. The present discussion also looks at the current state of music criticism and its survival or opportunities for development in the future. It is an undeniable fact, given the increasing prevalence of the “tabloid” approach, that the space previously dedicated to music criticism in the media has shrunk. The predominance of brief information and pictorial material from the broader field of pop culture has, in most media, completely replaced more detailed consideration of more complex creative and performing phenomena in the field of serious music. A more in-depth analytical approach is still maintained to a limited extent by some mainstream media outlets and to a greater extent by certain specialised media, in particular those few national radio stations with arts programming that continue to operate. Yet the audience for these media is limited, while music criticism in the mainstream media is for the most part restricted to coverage of only the most prominent cultural events.

06.03.2024