Triumph of the “national” as a condition of musical progress

The problem of progress in musical art’s history is considered by the author in three dimensions, i.e. philosophy, art criticism and pedagogy. The main idea of this research is that mixing of national traditions and folk culture with modern means of music expression produces phenomena of art with historical significance.

Key words: new schools and directions, progress of folk culture, education of children with “national” vision on art, patriotic education of young people, originality and independence of culture, national beginnings in arts