The Piano Component of the Russian Scherzo: The European Sources and the National Specificity

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Elena V. Belash

Abstract

The article is devoted to the formation of the Russian piano scherzo.
The Scherzo pertains to the sphere of genres of virtuosic piano art,
which is deined by the very nature of the concept of “playing.”
Schumann’s famous expression, “playing on the instrument must be
the same as playing with it” deines the essence of the piano style of
Russian composers, for which the instrument was inseparable from
the image of the musical composition. The Russian composers
created in the piano art of the 19th century their own style, which
becomes one of the leading ones on the world scale. Among the
numerous features of this style, a special position is held by the
piano scherzo, also demonstrating the scherzo features in small and
large forms of piano compositions.

Keywords: piano style, musical texture, musical form, Russian
piano scherzo

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How to Cite
Belash, E. V. (2015). The Piano Component of the Russian Scherzo: The European Sources and the National Specificity. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, (1), 55–58. https://doi.org/10.17674/1997-0854.2015.1.18.055-058
Section
Musical Genre and Style
Author Biography

Elena V. Belash, Rostov State S. V. Rachmaninoff Conservatory

Post-graduate student at the Music Theory and Composition Department

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