Chertok, M. D.
The Philosophy of March
// Culture and Art.
2014. ¹ 1.
P. 37-61.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=64236
Chertok, M. D. The Philosophy of March
Abstract: As a musical composition, march is a piece of music of a certain form and with a certain regular
rhythm that is written for marching to and satisfying esthetic needs of a listener. In his search for answers to the
question about the role and place of march in our life, the author faced the absence of methodological concepts
on the matter and therefore chose to study the military march in all its kinds and forms. The subject of the research
is the particular role of march as a piece of music in the life of an individual and ethnos, in the process of
up-bringing, philosophical achievement of one’s personhood and development of culture. The research method
is the search for and interpretation of information about the military music in general and military march in
particular as well as comparison of discovered facts deriving from different epochs and cultures about military
science, raising a warrior, formation and development of the army and attitude to music as an important element
of culture. The novelty of the present research is in the attempt to provide a philosophical interpretation of
the phenomenon of march, to compare this musical genre with other active branches of art and to analyze philosophical
reflections on the role and influence of military march on the national culture. The author of the research
article suggests that we should pay more attention to this unique phenomenon that has become not only the kind
of musical composition but also the genre which, besides its ‘official’ purpose, has also created the grounds for
further development of musical art and division of music into different musical genres.