Music Journal of Northern Europe № 2(30), 2022
Contents
Tatyana A. Goryacheva, Elena G. Shtennikova
THE PHENOMENON OF BEETHOVEN IN POSTMODERN REALITIES: AFTERWORD TO THE ANNIVERSARY | 1-16
Ekaterina G. Okuneva, Anastasiya A. Sleptsova
FACING GOYA BY MICHAEL NYMAN: THE GENRE SPECIFICS OF THE OPERA OF IDEAS BY MICHAEL NYMAN: THE GENRE SPECIFICS OF THE OPERA OF IDEAS | 17-39
Irina V. Koposova, Anna A. Vitol
INTERPRETATION OF THE ETHNIC THEME IN THE CHORAL WORKS OF PĒTERIS VASKS (THROUGH THE EXAMPLE OF MATE SAULE AND ZĪLES ZIŅA) | 40-59
Danila V. Lyubimov, Anna E. Krom
“MAD SCENE” IN OPERA: DEFINITION ISSUES | 60-74
Nadezhda P. Ivanova
MUSICAL FEATURES OF THE FAREWELL TUNE AND SEND-OFF SONGS OF THE VALA RIVER BASIN UDMURTS | 75-87
Vera G. Boldyreva
A TRACE OF THE MERRY MEN IN THE RUSSIAN SONG TRADITION OF UDMURTIA | 88-103
Ekaterina A. Velikanova, Dmitry I. Voronin
«RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN THE STUDY OF THE HUMANITIES: PHILOSOPHY»: A TEXTBOOK FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER ARTS EDUCATION | 104-112
Irina B. Semakova
VEPS FOLK CHOIR AND ITS CREATOR V. I. KONONOV (1936–1944) | 113-138
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Tatyana A. Goryacheva, Elena G. Shtennikova THE PHENOMENON OF BEETHOVEN IN POSTMODERN REALITIES: AFTERWORD TO THE ANNIVERSARY |
Abstract: The article examines the changes in the historical understanding of the content of Beethoven's oeuvre that took place in the mass consciousness of the 21st century listeners. The new phenomena of Beethoven shaped by the culture of the consumerist society are defined. The connection of these phenomena with the value-based, ethical and aesthetic principles typical of specific socio-cultural groups and postmodernism aesthetics is demonstrated.
Keywords: non-classical philosophy, mainstream music, musical aesthetics, Beethoven, phenomenon of mass consciousness
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Ekaterina G. Okuneva, Anastasiya A. Sleptsova FACING GOYA BY MICHAEL NYMAN: THE GENRE SPECIFICS OF THE OPERA OF IDEAS |
Abstract: The article reveals the genre features of Michael Nyman’s opera Facing Goya (2000). The authors study the content of the work, its compositional structure, musical language and dramaturgy, the specifics of the figurative interpretation of the characters, the relationship of text and music, etc. Based on the analysis carried out by the authors the conclusion is made about the formation of a unique genre model in Nyman’s oeuvre – an opera of ideas, that features unconventional themes for academic musical theatre that reflect the problems of modernity, the weakening of the plot narrative, eventfulness, the conceptualization of artistic space, the desire for depersonalization, the rejection of solo performances, a new relationship between text and music partially based on their semantic gap.
Keywords: contemporary music, Michael Nyman, Facing Goya, music theatre, opera of ideas, postminimalism
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Irina V. Koposova, Anna A. Vitol INTERPRETATION OF THE ETHNIC THEME IN THE CHORAL WORKS OF PĒTERIS VASKS (THROUGH THE EXAMPLE OF MATE SAULE AND ZĪLES ZIŅA) |
Abstract: Choral music is an integral part of the works of the leading contemporary composer Pēteris Vasks. In his choral compositions he combined the national traditions and resources of the modern composing techniques, most particularly, sonorism and aleatoric music. This union is most accurately represented in the compositions of the 1970s-early 1980s. The article studies two of those – Mate saule to a poem by Jānis Peters and Zīles ziņa to a poem by Uldis Bērziņš – with regard to the implementation of the ethnic theme crucial to the composer. The analysis presents the approach to work with a poetic text, highlights the compositional and dramaturgic aspects of each choir, specifies the aspects of thematic material and methods of work with thereof, and defines the interpretation of sonorant and aleatoric techniques. The matching of the main motifs of a poem and a set of musical and expressive means used in each choir allowed to conclude that the ethnic theme is interpreted in various ways – in an idyllic (Māte saule) and a dramatic (Zīles ziņa) sense.
Keywords: Pēteris Vasks, Jānis Peters, Uldis Bērziņš, Mate saule, Zīles ziņa, choral writing, sonorism, aleatoric music
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Danila V. Lyubimov, Anna E. Krom “MAD SCENE” IN OPERA: DEFINITION ISSUES |
Abstract: Operatic mad scenes in European musicology have long been the subject of scientific reflection. Dozens of publications by both musicologists and scientists of other specialties (culturologists, philosophers, psychiatrists) are devoted to this phenomenon. A different picture is observed in Russian musicology, where the theme of opera madness qualified as terra incognita. A limited terminology base is a peculiarity of foreign works. Meanwhile, their conclusions are not universal, but are applicable to specific historical epochs and national traditions, in particular, to Italian operas of the first half of the 19th century. Due to the complexity of constructing a music-based typology of insanity, scientists focus on the study of verbal sources, namely, the texts of the libretto.
Keywords: opera, mad scene, terminology, A. A. Gozenpoud, S. A. Willier, J. Anderson, E. Schmierer, N. Matsumoto, E. Huser, S. Döhring
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Nadezhda P. Ivanova MUSICAL FEATURES OF THE FAREWELL TUNE AND SEND-OFF SONGS OF THE VALA RIVER BASIN UDMURTS |
Abstract: This article is devoted to the study of the Udmurt wedding tune nyl kelyan gur and the bridal lament that are performed at the moment of the girl's farewell to her own home and are an essential component of the bride's farewell ceremony. The structural and typological analysis of poetic texts of farewell/send-off tunes, the level of rhythmic organization, melodic composition and pitch structure indicates that they belong to a later stylistic layer of Udmurt musical folklore.
Keywords: Udmurt wedding, the farewell/send-off songs, structural and typological analysis, musical stylistics
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Vera G. Boldyreva A TRACE OF THE MERRY MEN IN THE RUSSIAN SONG TRADITION OF UDMURTIA |
Abstract: The present article attempts to consider the connection of the creative work of merry men with the layer of Russian folklore of Udmurtia, which goes back to the culture of folk humor. The materials acquired as a result of folklore-ethnographic expeditions suggest not only the preserved relics of skomorokh repertoire but also the penetration of special laughter techniques developed by strolling players into the Russian song tradition of late formation. The article also discusses the issues of interethnic nature concerning Russian-Udmurt relations.
Keywords: skomorokhi, laughter culture, Udmurtia, dance songs, tall tales, solo tradition
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Ekaterina A. Velikanova, Dmitry I. Voronin «RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN THE STUDY OF THE HUMANITIES: PHILOSOPHY»: A TEXTBOOK FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER ARTS EDUCATION |
Abstract: This article presents the experience of the development of a philosophy textbook by the teachers of the Petrozavodsk State Glazunov Conservatoire that is focused on foreign students. The specifics of the textbook Russian as a Foreign Language in the Study of the Humanities: Philosophy (by E. A. Velikanova, D. I. Voronin) consists in adapting the basic university course on philosophy to the needs of foreign students of a non-linguistic, namely, musical profile. The textbook is intended for classroom and individual work, contains reading materials, discussion questions, written assignments, and control tools.
Keywords: Russian as a foreign language, philosophy, foreign students, Petrozavodsk State Glazunov Conservatoire
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Irina B. Semakova VEPS FOLK CHOIR AND ITS CREATOR V. I. KONONOV (1936–1944) |
Abstract: Based on newly identified documents and analysis of songs from the early repertoire of the Veps Folk Choir, the article describes the history of the farm singing collective during the autumn of 1936, the time of its creation, until June 28, 1944 – the date of the liberation of the Sheltozersky district of the Autonomous Karelian Soviet Socialist Republic (AKSSR) from the Finnish occupation.
Keywords: Veps, the Veps language, Veps Folk Choir, V. I. Kononov, A. Sonninen
