About Motion in the Symphonic Cycle

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Olga V. Shmakova

Abstract

The article examines the category of “motion” in the symphony
as the most crucial constituent part of the content of genre in each
of the movements of the cycle. The genesis of the symphony’s
kinetic images is conditioned by the Human Being’s manifestation
of emotions, social status and corporeality.
The term “motion” in relation to the genre of the symphony
connotes the special character of the development of the musical
material – the directedness towards change, the transformation of
the initial images during the course of the dramaturgy. Not only
the procedural, but the semantic perspective ind relection here
in such images as “kinetic plasticity,” “grotesque plasticity” and
“abstract plasticity.” When combined together, they become a
part of the ideal-artistic conception of the symphony: Happiness,
Tragedy and Eternity.

Keywords: symphonic cycle, musical genres, musical
content, musical dramaturgy, motion in music

Article Details

How to Cite
Shmakova, O. V. (2015). About Motion in the Symphonic Cycle. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, (2), 100–105. https://doi.org/10.17674/1997-0854.2015.2.19.100-105
Section
Musical Genre and Style
Author Biography

Olga V. Shmakova, Volgograd State P. A. Serebryakov Conservatory

Candidate of Arts,
Professor at the Music Theory and Music History Department

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