Cycle of Yuri Falik “Winter Songs”: word and music to the problem

Abstract

The problem of the interaction of music and word in vocal works has always attracted many researchers, since the synthesis of two autonomous types of arts-music and poetry, in which each of these types exerts a figurative-emotional, intonational and compositional influence on each other, is of great interest. In this regard, an article dedicated to the choral cycle of the outstanding St. Petersburg composer, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Yuri Falik, is very relevant. In it, the author examines this composition from the point of view of the ratio of the musical and verbal series, analyzing the content, metrorhythmic organization, the form of the poetic text and identifying how these means of expression are embodied in music. In addition, the work emphasizes the idea of the originality of the artistic concept of the opus in question. Composer, turning to poems by different poets written in different years and even eras, taking into account textual features and connections, creates a cycle characterized by integrity and structural completeness, in which all parts are united by a common idea and have a through line of dramatic development. Such a creative approach to the literary and poetic source, his musical decision testifies to the skill and talent of its creator.