The image of a mirror in the music of modern composers
Abstract
The topic of the article is in line with the problems of musical content and musical semantics, which remain relevant in research practice at the present stage. The article reveals the specifics of the implementation of the image of a mirror in music on the example of the works of A. Volkonsky, A. Pärt and E. Rykova. The image of a mirror, distinguished by its semantic diversity and depth, is recreated in the works of these authors through the principle of mirror reflection, which reveals itself at different levels of musical form - from syntactic structures to the architectonics of the whole. Following this principle predetermined the choice of composers of extraordinary forms of sound, certain techniques of harmonic, polyphonic and rhythmic techniques, special ways of textural organization and performing interpretation. At the same time, the phenomenon of mirror reflection gets an individual realization for each composer.
About the Author
V. V. Bass
Dmitry Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valentina V. Bass, Associate Professor of the Department of Music Theory and Composition
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Review
For citations:
Bass V.V. The image of a mirror in the music of modern composers. ARTE. 2022;(1):27-39. (In Russ.)
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