Russia in the first half of the XIXth century: romantic concept of musical arts

The article defines cultural factors which affect properties of Russian music and its perception in the first half of the XIX century; presents reconstruction of music perception in Russian esthetic thought the indicated period (A. D. Ulybyshev, M. D. Rezvoy, V. F. Odoyevski, V. P. Botkin, A. P. Serebryansky). The paper examines the problem of the identity of Russian thought about the perception of music, which is coupled with the paradoxical susceptibility to European destinations. The author considers the problem of correlation of romantic-idealistic perception with realistic perception of musical art as elements of human emotions as "language of the soul" capable of expressing "inexplicable", "incomprehensible", acquiring a leading role in the process of artistic and intuitive knowledge of the world; highlights the emotional content and effective power of music emphasizes the active role of associations in its perception; develops the idea of the imitative nature of music; determines socially insured conditionality of music.