NIKOLAI SIDELNIKOV'S SPIRITUAL WORKS AS A REFLECTION OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF CULTURE

Abstract

The article contains the analysis of the Nikolai Sidelnikov’s spiritual art from the standpoint of the XXth-century philosophical and religious beliefs in terms of cultural and religious interactions. It is highlighted that the master is interested not in any particular national or religious tradition but in culture in general. In the author’s spiritual works the word concentrates the sacred meaning, while music doesn’t distract one’s attention from the word perception, but gives its accompaniment in a meaningful way. The composer enriches traditional spiritual music with his own ideas, which are attuned to the ideas of the greatest representatives of Russian religious philosophy. Nikolai Sidelnikov’s musical language is full of profound symbolism; it becomes a holder of ontological semantics embodied in his spiritual works.