Symphonic Cantata «In the Temple of Golden Dreams» by Arthur Lourie for Mixed Chorus a cappella (1919): Innovation in the Field of Musical Language Cover Image

Симфоническая кантата Артура Лурье «В кумирне золотого сна» для смешанного хора a cappella (1919 г.): новации в области музыкального языка
Symphonic Cantata «In the Temple of Golden Dreams» by Arthur Lourie for Mixed Chorus a cappella (1919): Innovation in the Field of Musical Language

Author(s): Marina Leonidovna Zaytseva, Aleksey Chekmenev
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Altezoro, s. r. o. & Dialog
Keywords: Russian music; Arthur Lourie; cantata; choral music;musical language;

Summary/Abstract: The article scientifically proves the importance of choral genres in the works by Arthur Lourie. The features of composition and the musical language of the symphonic cantata «In the Temple of Golden Dreams» by Arthur Lourie are identified. It is proved that the trends of symbolism and avant-garde affected the formation of the logic of intonation development , composite and harmonic solutions of the cantata. It is justified that the composer’s experiments in the fields of harmonic language, metroritm, texture, timbre brilliance largely anticipate the trends of the world music development. On the basis of the «In the Temple of Golden Dreams» symphonic cantata for mixed chorus a cappella A. Lurie, innovative methods of convergence of expressive possibilities of symphonic and choral scores, aimed at strengthening the capabilities of color and expressive choral sound are identified.

  • Issue Year: 3/2017
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 1-15
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Russian