The iconic signs of the semiosphere of the elite musical culture of the post-industrial era

Kostyuk Ekaterina Borisovna

The semiosphere of elite musical culture is an interesting sphere that requires systematic study by Russian science. The article proposes the identification and analysis of the iconic signs of the semiosphere of elite musical culture, which are often used in various forms of its presentation, are actively used as a means of visual communication in the context of the specifics of the modern information-driven era of the turn of the XX-XXI centuries. The author comes to the conclusion that the use of the considered iconic signs of the semiosphere of elite musical culture in modern conditions is due to the entrenched historical and aesthetic connotation of their reading, as well as the peculiarity of modern artistic culture, characterized by the desire for maximum visualization, as well as the media characteristic of the post-industrial era.

Keywords:semiosphere of musical culture, semantics, elite musical culture, iconic sign, pictorial sign, music