CHANTS POPULAIRES М. РАВЕЛЯ: ОБРАЗЕЦ КОМПОЗИТОРСКОЙ РАБОТЫ С НАРОДНЫМИ МЕЛОДИЯМИ И ИСПОЛНИТЕЛЬСКИЕ ВОЗМОЖНОСТИ ИХ ИНТЕРПРЕТАЦИИ
CHANTS POPULAIRES BY M. RAVEL, AS A MODEL OF A COMPOSER’S WORK WITH FOLK MELODIES AND THE PERFORMANCE POSSIBILITIES OF THEIR INTERPRETATION

Summary/Abstract: The article examines M. Ravel’s vocal cycle ”Chants populaires” from the perspective of identifying the composer’s methods ofworking with folk melodies, as well as in terms of the performance possibilities for their concert interpretation. To achieve this, thepoetic texts and melodies of the original folk sources are analyzed, the structure of the piano part in each of the four songs is examined, and a comparative analysis of three interpretative versions of the cycle is proposed. It is concluded that M. Ravel preservesthe folk melody unchanged while constructing the accompaniment in a way that highlights the expressive potential and nationalcolor of the vocal part. Performers, in the process of working on the songs, choose a key and language of performance that suit theirvocal apparatus, and through the use of dynamics, tempo, agogics, and vocal timbre, they shape their own interpretative version.

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