Traditions and Innovation in the Performance Practice of Jazz Violinists of the Turn of the 20th and 21st Centuries Joe Venutti and David Goloshchekin

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Marina L. Zaitseva
Regina R. Budagyan
Alexei I. Chekmenev

Abstract

The 20th century was characterized by the emergence of many musical styles, among which jazz turned out to be the most resilient and resistant to the changes of cultural paradigms. Throughout the the ability to integrate itself with other musical styles. The uniqueness of jazz lies not only in the fact that it is an integral part of the art of music and is not limited to specific musical vocabulary (melody, harmony, rhythm, or texture), but also that it includes many characteristic extra-musical qualities (visual, communicative, artistic behavior of musicians on stage, etc.). The performance practice of jazz violinists of the turn of the 20th and the 21st centuries (Joe Venuti and David Goloshchekin) has been conducive to appreciation of the violin as a full-fledged instrument in jazz ensembles on a par with the traditional jazz instruments, such as the saxophone, the trumpet, the flugelhorn, etc. The artistic activities of the musicians contributed both to the expansion of the traditional framework of jazz performance and to the enrichment of the violin art with innovative nuanced and timbre-related techniques of playing.


Keywords: jazz violin performance, Joe Venuti, David Goloshchekin.

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Zaitseva М. Л., Budagyan Р. Р., & Chekmenev А. И. (2020). Traditions and Innovation in the Performance Practice of Jazz Violinists of the Turn of the 20th and 21st Centuries Joe Venutti and David Goloshchekin. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 38(1), 122–129. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/1154
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Music in the System of Culture
Author Biographies

Marina L. Zaitseva, Maimonides Academy, The Kosygin State University of Russia (Technologies. Design. Art), Moscow, Russia

Marina L. Zaitseva, Dr.Sci. (Arts), Ph.D. (Philosophy), Professor at the Department of Musicology, Conducting and Analytical Methodology, Maimonides Academy, The Kosygin State University of Russia (Technologies. Design. Art)

Regina R. Budagyan, Maimonides Academy, The Kosygin State University of Russia (Technologies. Design. Art), Moscow, Russia

Regina R. Budagyan, Ph.D. (Arts), Associate Professor at the Department of Musicology, Conducting and Analytical Methodology, Maimonides Academy, The Kosygin State University of Russia (Technologies. Design. Art)

Alexei I. Chekmenev, Maimonides Academy, The Kosygin State University of Russia (Technologies. Design. Art), Moscow, Russia

Alexei I. Chekmenev, Faculty Member at the Department of Musicology, Conducting and Analytical Methodology, Maimonides Academy, The Kosygin State University of Russia (Technologies. Design. Art)