MUSICAL STYLE AS A COMPLEX ORGANIZED SYSTEM
The evolutionary development of the concept of “musical style” in the historical and theoretical aspect is analyzed in this article. The appearance and formation of this concept from ancient times in the works of Aristotle, the significance of the foundations of understanding the style laid down in the Enlightenment for its further development are retraced. The analysis of studies of the XIX and XX centuries takes a special place. Based on the philosophical definition of a system, the subsystem of style or levels are marked out in the work: epochal or historical style, national and individual. A style system that occupies a higher step in the hierarchy of style levels includes the corresponding subsystems of lower levels. In this case, the connection phenomenon is leading for the creation of a style system, while the connection exists both between different hierarchical levels and within them.