Reconciling the opposite: F. M. Dostoyevsky and I. A. Goncharov’s characters in the music by Eduard Artemyev

- · 22.05.2025

Original article
DOI: 10.56620/2227-9997-2025-2-10-23

Svetlana G. Voitkevich

Dmitri Hvorostovsky Siberian State Academy of Arts, Krasnoyarsk, Russia,
art-vice-rector@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0000–0002–4437–0439
Abstract:  Addressing the topical problem of quotation in the music of Russian composers has aroused interest in one of the examples of self-citation in the work of the founder of Russian electronic music, Eduard Artemyev. The theme, created as part of the music for N. Mikhalkov’s film «A Few Days in the Life of I. I. Oblomov», was performed almost 30 years later in the opera «Crime and Punishment». The reflections are built in the field of intertextual discourse and for the first time reveal the reasons that led to such a decision by the composer. The article raises questions about creative co-operation, the peculiarities of the literary path and worldview differences between F. M. Dostoevsky and I. A. Goncharov; about the external and internal opposites of Oblomov and Raskolnikov, whose point of contact is their happy childhood and maternal love. In the opera, the theme in question is linked to the image of the mother; it is given the function of a leitmotif and accompanies the protagonist in moments of difficult decisions. The text cites musical examples from E. Artemiev’s score, which is still awaiting publication, which provides authenticity and novelty to the conclusions.

Keywords: quoting, auto-parody, self-borrowing, F. M. Dostoyevsky, I. A. Goncharov, Eduard Artemyev, Nikita Mikhalkov, film music, contemporary opera

For citation: Voitkevich S. G. Reconciling the opposite: F. M. Dostoyevsky and I. A. Goncharov’s characters in the music by Eduard Artemyev. Scholarly papers of Gnesin Russian Academy of Music. 2025;(2):10-23. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.56620/2227-9997-2025-2-10-23

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