Musicology Annotation << Back Problem of national symphonism on the boundary of the third millennium: opinions, appraisals, prognoses Kyazimova Lala T. The crisis of the «Great style» and the genre of the «Great symphony» in academic musical culture on the boundary of the XX–XXI st centuries in the light of opinions by the distinguished Azerbaijan composers-symphonists (Q. Qarayev, Ch. Mirza-zade, A. Melikov) and prominent musicologists from the ex-USSR is elucidated in the article. Thus, referencing Mark Aranovskiy, the article highlights the fact that the musical language has gone through a complex evolution throughout the 20th century, making the symphonic position both diffi cult and precarious. Symphony had to adapt to a new musical thinking and language. It is worth mentioning that the crises in this sphere were noted by the leading representatives of the Azerbaijani symphonic music. Gara Garayev often addressed this problem accentuating the importance of individual interpretation of the classical traditions of symphony. Further evolution of the symphonic genre happened at the turn of the 21st century. The author quotes the prominent musicologists, Yury Kholopov and Mark Aranovksiy, on the fate of symphony in the 20th and 21st centuries. The author characterizes the priority tendencies of the named genre development in the mentioned period: the return to programness and Romantic «pithiness» (The Sixth, Seventh and Eighth symphonies by J. Hajiyev), inclination for «alliance with the word» in channel of the late symphonism by G. Mahler and D. Shostakovich (The Eighth symphony by A. Melikov), postmodernist «refl exion of genre» (symphonies «Tristessa I» and «Tristessa II» by F. Qarayev). The non-transient importance of sym- phony as genre – «representative of Person» in the national musical culture – is marked. Keywords: crisis of «Great style», genre of symphony, Azerbaijan symphonism, Q. Qarayev, J. Hajiyev, A. Melikov, Ch. Mirzazade, F. Qarayev. DOI: 10.25791/musicology.09.2020.1150 Pp. 41-45.