On the Artistic Contradiction of Words and Music in Romance (S.V. Rachmaninov. Romance "Dream", Op. 8)

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Vitaly A. Shuranov

Abstract

The conceptual contradiction of words and music in S.V. Rachmaninovʼs romance “Dream” (op. 8) is considered as an example of the artistic unity of a vocal work. The poem by A.N. Pleshcheev and the music of the Russian composer form a union of two divergent concepts – tragic and life-affirming. The idea of the artistic contradiction of poetic and musical texts is based not only on the development of the famous thesis of L.A. Mazel about “artistic discovery”, but also the positions of domestic researchers about textual interactions in chamber-vocal genres. The analysis of the poetic text and the music of the romance, carried out in the article, is aimed at argumentation of a special artistic result – the semantic depth that arises as a result of the intersection of two authorʼs readings of a common plot. The optimistic power of Rachmaninoffʼs music is conveyed through a complex of expressive means, consciously emphasized by the composer despite the tragically directed synthesis of the poetic structure. An additional conclusion of the article is the idea of expanded possibilities of performing interpretation in the context of the artistically contradictory union of poetry and music in romance.


Keywords: Rachmaninov. Romances. Word and music. Artistic contradiction.

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Shuranov В. А., & Levina И. Р. (2021). On the Artistic Contradiction of Words and Music in Romance (S.V. Rachmaninov. Romance "Dream", Op. 8). Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 42(1), 81–89. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/1245
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Word and Music
Author Biographies

Vitaly A. Shuranov, Ufa State Zagir Ismagilov Institute of Arts, Ufa, Russia

Vitaly A. Shuranov, Ph.D. (Arts), Professor at the Music Theory Department of Ufa State Zagir Ismagilov Institute of Arts

Irma R. Levina

Irma R. Levina, Ph.D. (Pedagogical), Associate Professor, Deputy Scientific Director of the Research Institute of Education Development Strategy of Bashkir State M. Akmulla Pedagogical University