DOI: 10.36871 / hon.202104009

Authors

Zhang Kailin
Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

This article demonstrates the general principles in the work of S. S. Prokofiev and S. M. Slonimsky, artists who are brightly individual and bold in their creative search. This thesis is confirmed by the two composers' memoirs: Prokofiev's Autobiography and Slonimsky's "Burlesques, Elegies, Dithyrambs in Despicable Prose". The author touches upon the theme "the Composer and the Drama Theater", which reveals the approach of the director (G. A. Tovstonogov) and the composer (S. M. Slonimsky) to the musical design of the performance based on the novel "Quiet Flows the Don" by M. A. Sholokhov. The paper provides excerpts from the book of the famous actor, screenwriter and director A. V. Batalov, as well as his views on radio dramaturgy as the director of a radio play about the childhood of Sergey Prokofiev. It is emphasized that A. V. Batalov made an accent on the leading role of the composer's works in compositional dramaturgy of the radio performance.

Keywords

autobiography, radio play, symphony, A. Batalov, G. Tovstonogov, S. Eisenstein