N.K. MEDTNER AND I.A. ILYIN: DIALOGUES ON MUSICAL ART, "MUSE AND FASHION"
The article is devoted to N.K. Medtner creative activities in the context of the XIX-XX centuries' culture. The main art tendencies of the Silver Age are identified: dialogicity, individualism, self-actualization, religious and philosophical understanding of reality. The spiritual and moral foundations of musical art as a cultural phenomenon of the Silver Age are presented in the article. The peculiarities of the intellectual and philosophical composer's style and thinking of N.K. Medtner are considered, his style is characterized by synthesizing Russian and German performing schools: reflection, appeal to the traditional lyric-dramatic and lyrical- philosophical aspects, emotional control, the absence of external effects. The philosophical views of N.K. Medtner and I.A. Ilyin on contemporary art in the cultural and historical context of the Silver Age are studied in the article. The analysis of N.K. Medtner journalistic work "Muse and fashion" is necessary for understanding personality characteristics, creative image, aesthetic preferences of the composer aimed at suppression of modernism. The author highlights the basic views of I.A. Ilyin on Russian music and N.K. Medtner's creative activities. Reflecting on spiritual foundations of art I.A. Ilyin admits the originality of Russian culture, which is alien to fashionable trends and he also specifies the need to serve for the Muse as a symbol of eternal art. The article presents dialogues, mutual reflections of the composer and the philosopher on the traditions, ideals and values of academic art, the nature of musical art, about the development of the new art in the XX century.