DOI: 10.36871/hon.202103019
Authors
А. В. Turintseva
Yekaterinburg State Theatre Institute, Yekaterinburg, Russia Federation
Abstract
The article investigates the approach based on "musical reading", developed by music teacher Mikhail Gnesin in the early XXth century. The paper studies the prerequisites, basic provisions and principles of "musical reading" as a highly emotional way of reading a poetic text by note, preserving the nature and specific features of human speech. The author reveals a connection between M. Gnesin's ideas and B. Asafiev's intonational concept. A step-bystep "musical reading" integration into the practical work of theatre actors is considered. The rhythmic reading approach is described and the examples of using various metrhythmic means of musical expression to convey the emotional and semantic content are given. Introduction of speech intonation into music is discussed both in terms of the fixation of the specific characteristics of speech intonation in graphic form and applying this method in practice. The article concludes the prospects of using the method of "musical reading" by the professional theatre artists and arts students (developing speech-based choirs, ensembles and dialogues according to the laws of musical harmony; creating unique speech-and-music works, where human voice with its specific timbre and accompaniment are integral parts of the artistic whole).
Keywords
"musical reading", rhythmic reading, intonation, speech intonation, musical intonation, melodeclamation, opera recitative
