S. V. Rachmaninoff and F. I. Chaliapin: Vocal phrasing
Vartanov Sergei Yakovlevich
Saratov State Conservatoire named after L. V. Sobinov
Submitted: 11.08.2023
Abstract. The paper is devoted to the analysis of S. V. Rachmaninoff’s ideals of vocal phrasing in the aspect of the composer’s collaboration with F. I. Chaliapin. The aim of the study is to clarify the essence of the concept – the picture of the whole musical composition, which helps the performer to find the key to phrasing, using the example of Elégie Op. 3 No. 1 es-moll by S. V. Rachmaninoff. The scientific novelty of the study lies in providing insight into the concept of S. V. Rachmaninoff’s Elégie Op. 3 No. 1 es-moll from the perspective of the art of phrasing. As a result, the author comes to the conclusion that Elégie grows beyond the limits of a chamber piano miniature and reaches the emotional intensity of the scale of a symphony.
Key words and phrases: С. В. Рахманинов, Ф. И. Шаляпин, искусство фразировки, вокальные идеалы фразировки Рахманинова, Элегия ор. 3 № 1 es-moll, S. V. Rachmaninoff, F. I. Chaliapin, art of phrasing, Rachmaninoff’s vocal ideals of phrasing, Elégie Op. 3 No. 1 es-moll
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