UDC 78.087.64:82-94+130.2
DOI: 10.36871/hon.202304151
Authors
Natalya L. Sokolvyak,
Magnitogorsk State Conservatory (Academy) named after M. I. Glinka, Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk region, 455036, Russian Federation
Abstract
The article is devoted to one of the brightest phenomena of Russian instrumental music of the XIXth – XXth centuries — the string quartet, the history of its formation and development in Russia goes back more than two hundred years. Thanks to the stable national tradition of close interaction between creativity and performance, the quartet has acquired the status of one of the most viable genres of chamber instrumental music. The main material of the research consists of the literary and epistolary heritage of major Russian composers and performers, in whose work the quartet was given a central place. Literary works, critical articles and notes, memoirs and letters act as a reliable information source, which reflect the problems of artistic and aesthetic role of the quartet in Russian musical culture at different historical stages, the issues of figurative content of quartet works, some aspects of their stage realization. Finally, the author comes to the conclusion that the thoughts of creators and performers, expressed “in the first person”, not only allow us to immerse ourselves in the historical context of the creation of the work, to understand the depths of its content and the specifics of performance, but also serve as a foundation for the creation of performing interpretation adequate to the author’s intention and the continuation of the richest domestic traditions of quartet art.
Keywords
string quartet, quartet creativity, quartet performance, literary heritage of Russian composers, performing thought
