From institutionally embedded ‘serious’ to individualized ‘popular’: a report on values and attitudes in Estonian music criticism

Madis Järvekülg

Journal of Baltic Studies, 2020, vol. 51, issue 2, 223-241

Abstract: This article examines the values and attitudes of Estonian music criticism in print publications. The findings suggest that state-subsidized publications are characterized by Romantic ideology, professionalism, and tradition, and cover almost exclusively classical music, whereas commercial publications review mostly popular music and adopt a more individualized, less normative attitude to music. While transnational studies have referred to the growing legitimation of the ‘popular’ in elite publications, the high–low discrimination evident in Estonian state-subsidized music journalism upholds the dominant cultural value hierarchy. This could be embedded in the institutional framework of Estonian music culture and its Soviet heritage.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2020.1749094

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