АННОТАЦИЯ
Association of aesthetic evaluation with understanding of music originating from one’s own vs foreign cultures was studied alongside with its peculiarities in Chinese and Russians. Discrimination between lyrical, epic, joyful, and tragic musical feelings as more conceptual and sophisticated than basic emotions has been taken as an indicator of music understanding. Contrary to the hypothesis, a negative relationship was found between music understanding and appreciation, with this tendency vanishing a) in excerpts of Chinese music, which aesthetic evaluation was generally higher, mainly due to Russians, and b) by music’s familiarity, which improves the evaluation, especially among Chinese listeners. Presumably, the negative impact of music understanding is underpinned by its simplicity making the piece dull. Unlike Russians, the Chinese seem to not evaluate academic performance higher than the folk one. Besides, the listener’s own national music is understood better, while in both groups women performed better on average, and the understanding were facilitated by emotional intelligence as measured by the EmIn questionnaire. In women, unlike men, music appreciation is increased by aesthetic responsiveness trait, measured using the EBS questionnaire.
ЦИТАТА
Sabadosh, P.A. Aesthetic Appreciation and Understanding of Music by Chinese and Russians / P.A. Sabadosh, Ido Zhang // Natural Systems of Mind. – 2023. – Т. 3. – № 2. – P. 23-30
