Original article DOI: 10.56620/2227-9997-2024-2-78-93
Yuri V. Vasiliev
Gnesin Russian Academy of Music, Moscow, Russia,
muzklin@gmail.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1494-3451
Abstract: Two bright and large-scale works by S. V. Rachmaninov of the foreign period, «Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini» and Symphony No. 3, are considered as «interlocutor works»: the works are close in time of creation (1934 and 1936), written in the general key of a-moll, each has a theme in its musical material-the Dies irae symbol. Comparisons are carried out in several directions: the musical language of the works is investigated (the origins, the role of quotations and stylizations), the specifics of the position of the author-composer in Rhapsody and Symphony (as one of the “characters” of these works), as well as the features of the concepts and musical-dramatic principles of their embodiment are comprehended. The study of «Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini» and Symphony No. 3 as participants in a kind of «dialogue» has not yet been conducted. The conclusions obtained regarding the common and distinct elements of the concepts of the two works are related to the possible evolution in the mid-1930s of Rachmaninov’s attitude to the prospects for the survival of Russia and its.
Keywords: S. V. Rachmaninov, «Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini», Symphony № 3, «interlocutor works», dialogue, concepts, musical language, musical and dramatic principles
For citation: Vasiliev Yu. V. «Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini» and Symphony No. 3 by S. V. Rachmaninoff: a dialogue of concepts. Scholarly papers of Gnesin Russian Academy of Music. 2024;(2):78-93. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.56620/2227-9997-2024-2-78-93
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