On the Problem of Studying the Semantics of Tonality in Rimskiy-Korsakov’s Music

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Olga A. Bosina
Krasnoyarsk State Academy of Music and Theater

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The formation process of tonal semantics in Nikolay A. Rimskiy-Korsakov`s music is explored in this article. The composer’s idiosyncratic qualities, such as his absolute pitch, his gift of colour synesthesia, his coenaesthtic perception, his artistic preferences, and the influence of his aesthetic worldview on his attitude towards tonality are identified as the factors influencing the formation of the tonal semantics. One of the main sources of understanding of the tonal semantics as an important meaningful component is the context of culture in its different manifestations.

Keywords: Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, music of the 20th century, semantics of keys, synesthesia

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Bosina, O. A. (2007). On the Problem of Studying the Semantics of Tonality in Rimskiy-Korsakov’s Music. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 1(1), 67–77. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/814
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No. 1 (2007): Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal'noj Nauki
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Theoretical problems of musical content

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Olga A. Bosina, Krasnoyarsk State Academy of Music and Theater

Olga A. Bosina is a graduate student at the Department of Theory and History of Music at the Astrakhan State Conservatory. She is the teacher at the Krasnoyarsk State Academy of Music and Theater

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