DOI: 10.36871/hon.202103010
Authors
Ke Meili
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract
Based on works on literature and visual arts, the article reveals the ontology of miniature
origin and presents characteristic features of this category: richness of expressive possibilities,
energy capacity of form, aesthetic orientation of contents as an expression of subjective world
and human feelings, narrativeness, panoramas.
The work considers the historical aspects of the formation of traditional understanding of
miniature as a piano music genre, analyzes its main characteristics related to typology and
social function of the piano.
The author bases on a comprehensive, comparative examination of scientific works on philosophy,
culture and musicology, as well as on the theory and history of piano performance and interpretation. The complex approach employs analytical, typological and inductive
methods, aimed at highlighting the most important problems of piano miniature.
The study of miniatures is primarily associated with the works devoted to the general scientific
problems of musical art by the following authors: V. N. Kholopova, E. V. Nazaikinsky,
L. A. Mazel, A. N. Sokhor, K. V. Zenkin and others.
Keywords
genre, piano miniature, small form, function of music, playing on musical instrument
