Musicological Discourse of Vesna Mikić (1967–2019) – Characteristics, Effects, and Achievements

  • Biljana Leković University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Music, Department of Musicology
Keywords: Vesna Mikić, Musicology, contemporary music, Neoclassicism, techno music, popular music

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to gain an insight into the entire musicological discourse of Vesna Mikic, to offer its systematization, or, in other words, to shed light on her use of scientific and research procedures, methods and contributions. By analyzing her texts, I will try to define the development train of her musicological thought. Furthermore, I will emphasize the key characteristics regarding her field of research, and the mechanisms they are founded upon. I will also try to define the thematic fields she analyzed, thus demonstrating the valuable achievements of her work.

Author Biography

Biljana Leković, University of Arts in Belgrade, Faculty of Music, Department of Musicology

Biljana Leković, Ph.D., musicologist, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Musicology of the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. Her fields of interest include: contemporary music, new media practices, theory of arts and media, sound art, sound studies, and acoustic ecology. She is the author of two books: Modernist Project of Pierre Schaeffer – From Radiophony Analysis to Musical Research (2011) and Sound Art/Zvukovna umetnost: Musicological Perspective – Theories (2019).

Published
2020-07-19