The Connotations of “Russian” in Music of Foreign Composers on “a Russian Theme”

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10.2991/assehr.k.200316.108How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Russian theme, foreign composers, Russian folk song

Abstract

“Russian” seems to foreign composers very diverse in meaning. It is treated as designation of the state and is identified with the Russian Federation, it is interpreted as display of public and private life of the Russian acquiring “ethnographic” meaning, and it is consumed as concentrated in Orthodox religion and is marked as “confessional”. Among the means of attribution of “Russian”, the most reliable is the clarifying and explaining program title and citation of specific musical material of both folklore and authors, functioning in society as nameless folklore. A review of numerous examples of the implementation of the “Russian theme” by foreign composers in their music shows sufficient flexibility, and vagueness of the geographical and ethnic boundaries of the “Russian”.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Liudmila Kazantseva
AU  - Polina Volkova
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/19
TI  - The Connotations of “Russian” in Music of Foreign Composers on “a Russian Theme”
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Culture, Education and Economic Development of Modern Society (ICCESE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 488
EP  - 492
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200316.108
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200316.108
ID  - Kazantseva2020
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