On some features of artistic solutions in Oleg Meremkulov’s cycle "Three frescoes" for a free-bass polytimbral button accordion
Abstract
This article is the first in musicology literature to examine the work "Three Frescoes" for button accordion by Krasnoyarsk composer O.O. Meremkulov, written in 1984. A sequential analysis of the theme is provided, revealing its intonational genesis and genre nature, on the basis of which a musicological interpretation of the composition’s figurative structure is proposed. The composition of the musical material, which conditionally represents bell ringing, is of particular importance, which explains the increased role of the auditory spectrum and the proliferated use of various seventh chords with embedded tones. Observations are made about the patterns of musical form – the unique mosaic-like nature of the composition and the significance of the framing principle, which operates both at the level of individual parts and at the level of the cycle. Techniques that contribute to the effect of disabling a temporal parameter are analyzed. According to the analysis results, cross-thematic connections between parts play an important role in the organization of the cycle, giving the entire composition intonational integrity and symphonic quality. Observations made during the study allowed concluding that O.O. Meremkulov’s work has a hierotopic orientation in that it creates a special sacred space using specific intonational means.
About the Authors
N. M. Naiko
Dmitry Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia M. Naiko, Cand. Sc. (Art Criticism), Docent, Professor at the Department of Music Theory and Composition, Head of the Department of Music Theory and Composition
Krasnoyarsk, 660049
S. F. Naiko
Dmitry Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergei F. Naiko, Full Professor
Krasnoyarsk, 660049
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Naiko N.M., Naiko S.F. On some features of artistic solutions in Oleg Meremkulov’s cycle "Three frescoes" for a free-bass polytimbral button accordion. ARTE. 2026;(1):43-57. (In Russ.)
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