UDC 787
DOI: 10.36871/hon.202303093
Authors
Tatyana B. Sukhanova,
Academy of Choral Art named after V. S. Popov, 125565, Russian Federation, Moscow
Abstract
The article deals with the influence of some features of the Russian national character on
musical thinking and performing practice. The work aims to outline the problematic aspects
of the topic and consider them on the example of the phenomena of Russian violin art of
the XIXth – XXIst centuries. Among the main aspects of the topic are the following: forms of
reflection of the national character in creativity and performing art; factors that influenced
the formation of national traditions of Russian violin art; uniqueness and degree of expression
of a certain quality of national character in Russian music-performing art. The paper
undertakes a brief review of the authors who dealt with the problems of musical creativity
and performance in relation to the regularities of national psychology (B. V. Asafiev,
N. G. Shakhnazarova, M. A. Smirnov, etc.).
Special attention is paid to the transformation of performing qualities in connection with
changes in the “national psychological complex” (M. A. Smirnov) influenced by various sociohistorical
and artistic attitudes. The material of the study is mainly the reviewers’ conclusions
concerning the peculiarities of the style of national violinists, whose work belongs to different
historical periods: to the period of formation of the traditions of national violin art at the turn
of the XVIIIth – XIXth centuries, to the Soviet era and to the current state of violin art from the
late XXth – early XXIst century and up to our time.
The outcome of the analysis of various phenomena of Russian violin art of the XIXth – XXIst
centuries is the conclusion that the national uniqueness of performance, as a result of the reflection
of certain features of national perception of the world and emotional reactions, is differently
manifested in different style contexts. But up to our time, the performing art of Russian
violinists retains the qualities (for example, intonation with semantic and psychological content
of sound, singsong in sound production), ensuring the recognisability of national musical and
stylistic traits, in one way or another associated with the specifics of the national character.
Keywords
Russian national character, Russian violin art, Soviet violin art, Russian violinists, performing traditions, performing style, features of intonation
