Essence of the choir and its realization<br>in the Western Europe cultural context

2026/1(63)

Contents

CULTURAL THEORY

Bilalov M.

Evolution of ethnocultural values
in the process of formation
of civilizational identity

Kudrina E.

Interaction of universities of culture
and arts in the context
of cultural consolidation:
building a new global world

CULTURAL HISTORY

Kazin A.

Miraculous in Pushkin’s work

Ponomarenko E.
Safaralieva D.

Objective reasons for the failures
of Russia's modernization
according to S.Yu. Witte
and the successes of Soviet industrialization in the early 1930s
according to I.V. Stalin

Seregina N.

Rachmaninov's Works and Dostoevsky's Speech about Pushkin

Zhou Mingge
Chekmeneva R.

The International Tchaikovsky Competition: formation and development

Shuyakova E.

The Russian-German Society 'Culture and Technology' (1923–1937):
autonomy and efficiency in the conditions of soviet socialism

APPLIED CULTURAL RESEARCH

Kashkova A.

Image of the 'ideal space' in the work of the famous naive artist P.P. Leonov (1920-2011)

Koksheneva K.

Representation of the image of the past in the modern theater.
On the issue of historical and cultural identity
Article second

Kolotov I.

Interaction of monasteries with secular society in the 21st century
(Western Siberia monasteries for examples)

Markov A.

‘The Dream of a Deity’: The Estate Palimpsest and the Metaphysics
of the Sleeping Cupid in the Painting of V.E. Borisov-Musatov

Fedotov A.
Rogozin A.

Orthodox filmography and multiplication in the cultural space
of post-Soviet Russia

Qin Ying
Bondarenko O.

Essence of the choir and its realization
in the Western Europe cultural context

DOI 10.34685/HI.2026.68.88.006

Qin Ying
Bondarenko O.

Essence of the choir and its realization
in the Western Europe cultural context

Abstract. The authors view choral performance as a phenomenal, profound, and subtle phenomenon, combining collectivity, the human voice, and music. They note that choral art is often closely associated with the religious sphere due to the choral art's ancient history, the importance of its religious aspect for people over centuries and millennia, and the spiritual potential it offers both for individuals and for social unity. The authors believe that choral performance has potential, citing the observed revitalization of the choral movement in our time, marked by the loss of past cultural landmarks and cultural content.

In examining the history and development of the choral movement in Western Europe, the article highlights the interconnectedness of the cultural context of the region and individual countries with the characteristics of choral performance. This, the authors argue, reflects the active sociocultural dynamics of the region as a whole, as well as the role of creative individuals striving to meet the needs of the times and society. An important factor was the “secularity” of Western European culture, for which both religion and religious art are a reason for deep psychologism, attention to individuality, aesthetics, and an organic and creative complementarity of the secular and religious, professional and amateur.

Keywords: history of choral art, Western Europe, cultural conditioning, choir phenomenon, manifestations of essence.

Qin Ying,
Post-graduate student,
Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Culture (Saint-Petersburg)
Email: 836284566@qq.com

Bondarenko Oksana Vladimirovna,
Applicant post-graduate student,
Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Culture (Saint-Petersburg)
Email: bondaren-oksana@yandex.ru

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